let the holidays begin

It is a deep down feeling of joy and relief to be done.

Done. 

Here are some of the books in my Christmas baskets and stacked around my house:

reap in mercy

Sow to yourselves in righteousness,

reap in mercy;

break up your fallow ground;

for it is time to seek the LORD,

till He come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hosea 10:12

from the murmuring cottage

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Not just for the doorstep, wreaths are making appearances in every corner of the house this season

This year, our ornaments are heading from the tree to the kitchen as toppers for festive cake

beauty

This tea towel on instagram and sold here at Anthropologie's garden store

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watching the video

 on Lynn Bruce's ( of Ambleside Online) blog: Because You Tread on My Dreams.

Sir Kenneth Robinson

Lynn writes : If nothing else, you'll get to hear an Englishman read Yeats.  Which is loveliness.
( which is at the end and the title of the blog)


Here is my daughter (#2  from the right with her hair pulled back which now has been cut short 
and looks so cute) at Ted Talks this fall in NYC. She won free tickets for college students. 
( she composed a poem)

 Who she heard on a panel: ( I only knew Sal Kahn= Kahn Academy 

November 2: The Education Revolution

Co-hosted by Baratunde Thurston and Sara Ramirez, featuring:

• Paul Cantelon, film composer & pianist
• Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright and professor
• Sam Kass, former White House chef, NBC senior food analyst & MIT Media Lab Fellow
• Sal Khan, educator & social entrepreneur
• Nadia Lopez, Mott Hall Bridges Academy principal
• Meshell Ndegeocello, musician
• Andrew Mangino, CEO & co-founder of The Future Project
• Victor Rios, sociology professor & author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
• Dena Simmons, educator at The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
• John "Scrapper" Sneider, trumpet

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I was just thinking about....

                                                wisdom

 Just standing in the kitchen tonight  looking at two tables set for 13 students 
and 6 moms ( Christmas tea) and thinking. 
It seems like wisdom has the answers.
It seems like it might help me see what is going on.
 It seems like wisdom has to be gotten through living through days and relationships. 

So my thought was I need wisdom. 
Maybe it will come with the new mercies in the morning. Mercies definitely will. 
Maybe I need to read a Billy Collin's poem. He tucks wisdom in the sleeves
of his humor. 

Well, those Middle Schoolers are a-coming tomorrow and one sent me this: 

We will be there! I will be playing Holy Night on my guitar. Might do a poem!

See you in  21 Hours! See Link for more info!  

http://bit.ly/1SMfz88

WELL, he is to bring a poem.

He made my day! 

                                     

                                                    tea tomorrow

            

think every one is busy

Been in all day today.I have gotten much done. Doesn't it feel good 
this close to Christmas to get much done. 


Now listening to Eric Metaxas interview Makoto Fujmiura. 
I can listen to them over and over again, even the same stories. 
Love learning from both of them. Have met and hosted Mako at a conference 
but haven't heard Eric Metaxas in person but have read and watch his
" Socrates in the City." They talk about the slowing down in Advent but also always.

" without imagination one cannot have faith..." Mako.

                                                                  
                                                          
                                                Mako's studio in New Jersey