THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time." ~ Jean Paul Richter ~ Tourtiere ________ A tourtière is a meat...

"From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens ~ the garden outdoors , the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and ...

"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." ~Benjamin Franklin

"Nothing is worth more than this day" ~ Goethe ~ Connected in beauty (cyclamen)

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." ~ Charles Dickens (From 'A Christmas Carol') C...

... And the Angels Sing " Unto Us A Child is Born" Isaiah 9:2-7 ~ The ultimate journey _______________ I heard the bells on Chr...

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart ...

"Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spe...

"Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus." ~ Francis Pharcellus Church ~ Santa ______________ SWEDISH PEPPARKAKOR ~ The Larson Fa...

“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" ~ Percy Shelley ~ Hope lives within the sun (Solstice sunset ~ Hubbard Lake)

~ Christmas gifts _______________ GLAZED CRANBERRY PORK TENDERLOIN ~ A thoughtful holiday dinner ... easy, with memorable tastes of the sea...

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more."...

~ Snowy Michigan postcard beauty ~ Following 'landmark' white pine home _______________ The First Snow-Fall The snow had begun in...

Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la. la la la. la la la. ~ Chocolate Moose _____________ CHOCOLATE MOUSSE PIE ~ Fairly easy dessert for th...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though. He will not see me stop...