SHARE YOUR WORLD ON 12-22-2020

Questions, questions, questions - World Sharing as Christmas nears What is your favorite type of cookie (they’re called biscuits in Europe I believe)? Plain sugar cookies. Very crisp, covered with crystalized sugar. It's hard to find them. I think I'll have to bake them myself. If you could choose one age and remain that forever, … Continue reading SHARE YOUR WORLD ON 12-22-2020

CHRISTMAS AND A PHOTO A WEEK

A Photo a Week Challenge: Christmas We did a little more Christmas this year: we actually put lights up on top of the tractor. It promptly snowed and now, the lights are on and the snow atop the tractor glows. No pictures, sorry. I tried from the front stoop, but it was just blobs in the … Continue reading CHRISTMAS AND A PHOTO A WEEK

GETTING READY FOR BED AS WE ROLL INTO THE WINTER SOLSTICE

Garry goes to bed before me because he likes to settle into bed and watch (using headphones) old black & white classic movies -- and westerns. Crime movies. The stuff I'm not usually interested in watching. This is fine because I come in later, usually after writing a piece which seems to be a late … Continue reading GETTING READY FOR BED AS WE ROLL INTO THE WINTER SOLSTICE

Ani’s Advent 2020! The Visit – From SUE VINCENT’S “THE SMALL DOG”

The Small Dog

Dear Santa…

This year is all a bit weird. This coronavirus malarkey is upsetting everyone and keeping them apart, especially when they want and need to be together. I’m pretty sure, if you could manage it, taking the bug away would go down better than delivering present this year. I mean, look at all the wonderful things we are missing…

Much love,

Ani xxx

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‘Twas a fortnight till Christmas
And all through the flat
Not a creature was stirring
She’s glad about that…

She’d had quite enough
Throwing balls for the day
And had told me concisely
To put them away.

The birds in the garden
All slept for the night,
(I’d sorted the pigeons…
They’d put up a fight)

The fish had been fed
And now hid in the weed,
I snored on the sofa,
She curled up to read.

Then all of a sudden
A knock on the…

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