Today, December 21, is the day the church traditionally remembers St. Thomas, or as we sometimes call him, Doubting Thomas. There is a good summary of what we know of Thomas on Aardvark Alley here.
Last night was the Children's Christmas Program at Messiah, it was wonderful as always to hear and see the young children re-telling the story of the Nativity of our Lord in word and song. :-) Serenity had a little solo part and did quite well. Lora took a couple of photos and a short video that I don't have access to at the moment, if I can get them I'll post them up here as soon as I can. Serenity as an angel is just too cute!
The night before last we had a "block party" of sorts outside at the entrance to the court. Our neighbor Chip provided, and poured generously, some sort of peppermint schnapps that we mixed with hot chocolate. It was only after I drank it that I discovered that it was 100 proof :-) Yikes, that hot chocolate had quite a kick I'll tell you! It was very cold out but we all felt quite warm as we stood in the street and drank hot chocolate and traded stories and ate cookies. I was most uncharacteristically sociable that night.
Oh yes, and happy solstice to you all, at least now the days will begin getting longer again, though the warmth will be delayed a while as usual.
Last night was the Children's Christmas Program at Messiah, it was wonderful as always to hear and see the young children re-telling the story of the Nativity of our Lord in word and song. :-) Serenity had a little solo part and did quite well. Lora took a couple of photos and a short video that I don't have access to at the moment, if I can get them I'll post them up here as soon as I can. Serenity as an angel is just too cute!
The night before last we had a "block party" of sorts outside at the entrance to the court. Our neighbor Chip provided, and poured generously, some sort of peppermint schnapps that we mixed with hot chocolate. It was only after I drank it that I discovered that it was 100 proof :-) Yikes, that hot chocolate had quite a kick I'll tell you! It was very cold out but we all felt quite warm as we stood in the street and drank hot chocolate and traded stories and ate cookies. I was most uncharacteristically sociable that night.
Oh yes, and happy solstice to you all, at least now the days will begin getting longer again, though the warmth will be delayed a while as usual.
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