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Epiphany

January 5, 2021

This is what the Christmas clean up looked like at my house yesterday. The dog in the corner is not part of the decorations. He is also not amused by all the goings on.

Today is Epiphany, the day after the Twelfth Day of Christmas (and also a very difficult word to type and spell.)

The Christmas season is officially over.

Disclaimer: for some reason, I thought that today was the Twelfth Day of Christmas. But then I checked with Mr. Google, who has access to all calendars, and I realized that I was wrong. So this entry is a little confuddled, because I started with the notion that today was the Twelfth Day of Christmas, the last day of the season, and that Epiphany was tomorrow.

Not that it really matters.

If you’ve read this far, thank you.

Anyway.

In either case, the holidays (as we usually think about them in Western culture) are done. The Christmas and the New Year’s: all kaput. Continue Reading…

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A Happy New Year Edition of the Blackberry Project

January 3, 2021

Sometimes, all you can do is begin again.

It had been a few weeks since my last session of blackberry clearing. They were lovely weeks. My daughter was home from college for a quick visit. We got to share Christmas and New Year’s with her.  She’s already back at school. Her Winter Quarter courses start tomorrow.

But I woke up this morning with a fear that I was on the verge of losing my Blackberry Project momentum , like it was something that I used to do, not something that was part of my day-to-day anymore. I’m not sure how that happened. Yes, it was the holidays. Also, there were a few rainy days in there. But mostly, I think I just got out of the habit. I conveniently forgot that my intention was to do a few 20 minute clearing sessions a week and to film and share at least one of them.  There was baking to do and gifts to wrap, a tree to decorate. No time for the berries. Continue Reading…