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Showing posts from January 2018.

I love January and I love Mondays. Love can be an overused or misused word but I will use it for I do love and even delight in both, January and Mondays. And now my sabbatical is over for this year, though truth be told, I take mini vacations on a regular basis. Just as…

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Winter fun and family gatherings can be a delightful combination in January. We had canceled our family Christmas due to the weather and so many having to travel during the deep freeze but it turned out to be a blessing because this past weekend was perfect for getting together. Twenty-six members of the Bastille-Morse family…

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A few flurries are floating around this afternoon and the warmer temperature of 16 seems like a heat wave. This month is half over which means I have two more weeks of reading, thinking, and filing….in other words relaxing. The fluctuation of weather in this past week has created some interesting situations in areas around…

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Hello from just over the hilltop where January has arrived. I love January! About the middle of December I realize I’m looking forward to January with its beautiful sunshine, slowly but lengthening daylight, and the stopping of extra activities and meetings. I enjoy the freedom from the calendar and just read, sort, file, watch old…

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The Bastilles’ New Year’s Letter Our twelve nights of Christmas come to an end today with the celebration of Epiphany. This is the time-honored day that tradition ascribes to the arrival of the Magi to Bethlehem from the east. They came, led by a star, seeking the Christ Child proclaimed of in the scriptures. Today,…

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Welcome to the year 2018 and the continuing saga of life “just over the hilltop” in Norwood. Right now the mild temperature of 21 feels summery after the bitter cold spell we’ve just come through. But it will be short lived has those low temperatures with wind chill (something I’d never heard of growing up)…

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