Merry-happy-happy
I have a creamer shaped like a penguin dressed up in a green scarf and a santa hat. This year I realized that every time I pour cream through his little beak it appears as though he is regurgitating crill into my coffee cup. What a great tradition!
I went outside and hung clothes on the line. Despite the cold temps the sun is shining and I am trying to save some energy by opening curtains and letting the suns warmth in and not using my dryer. I was so pleased with my self that I started playing with my dog and slipped on the frost that was still in the shadowy parts of our deck. Luckily I didn’t damage my parts and I giggled while the dog licked my face. Won’t make this a tradition.
But my real point of this blog is Christmas and it’s traditions, such as, dancing and laughing with co-workers at parties. Enjoying the gatherings in my crazy little town for parades and fundraisers and the exchanging of delicious foods. Every year my mother loves her traditional smoked Salmon, just as much as she did the year before.
Sharing joy, what a wonderful tradition.
Some of the traditions bite the big dog. Like the Yuletide (what is yuletide anyway?) tradition of incredibly wasteful shopping. Gaudy jewelry, Sweaters, and googahs no one needs or uses or has room for. This exchanging of crap is dumb and I’m trying to get the people I love to stop the madness. lets just dance and hug and be kind to each other. If you insist on exchanging stuff then I would rather have a fresh caught trout than another googah to store in my utility room. Go to the ballet with me, I love the ballet.
I always lose my point. Getting back to my point…
My take on Jesus and the celebration of his birth
is…
to teach us to love one another
the power is in the love
and the lesson is to embrace peace
My prayer is that no wife will ever again have to gather her children together for a picture like this to be sent to her husband who is off in a war. Wars exist due to intolerance. My prayer is for the leaders of this planet to join us in actions of peace, tolerance and acceptance and to see that… kindness is not weakness.
If there are no wars we have plenty of other stuff to do, like saving the planet.
That was my point
