Category: Holidays
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Christmas Traditions—The BIG Day arrives!
Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from Bear Creek Christmas. Levi awoke to the wind’s moans and whistles as it tore past the cabin. Given the light…
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Christmas Traditions—Decking the Halls
Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from my new release, Bear Creek Christmas. Levi opened the box from home and took out some strange looking do-dads and…
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Christmas Traditions—Stockings (where they go and what to put in them)
Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ########## Taken from chapter 20 of Bear Creek Christmas “At length, Knox and Levi got up, turned on all the colored lights, and made a fire in…
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Celebrate Spring – It’s May Day!
Here in the United States, May Day isn’t celebrated as widely as some other holidays. Many, I’m sure, have no idea what it is or where it came from. Let me help you with that! May Day began as an ancient festival to celebrate the return of spring, and lies halfway between the spring equinox…
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Thanksgiving Memories
Dear friends, If I had to choose one holiday as my favorite, it would be Thanksgiving. On the face of it, everyone could use a reminder to be thankful for family, friends, possessions, health, the beauty of nature, and so on. I also appreciate the spiritual underpinnings of the holiday, as we who are particularly…