under the wire

This was a rough but good year. Big projects and heavy schedules sit on the horizon and I’m working to clear the tedium of life prior to the chaos. I thought that included holiday decorations, but as Christmas neared neither of us wanted to wake up without a tree on Christmas, so I got to […]

the tree that almost wasn’t

For the first time in over twenty-five years, I wasn’t going to put up a Christmas tree. You see, things need to happen over winter in this old house, and I need time to get projects ready. But I know how I work, and I do not want to return after holiday travel and have […]