Hi everybody

 I am getting to the end of my day.

Caught up on my was today.  Walked Miss Vita LOTS of times.   Went to Mass at 4:00PM   Mass starts at 4:30PM but I was an usher so had to be there early.    I really like that because I get to see and say hi to more people and get to know them.

Dick would find that odd.    But he accepted that I was a people person an finally resorted to sighing and rolling his eyes:)

It was a pleasant day weatherwise.    Had a nice telephone visit with Bobbie.    They are doing well. 

Everybody/   Stay well and be kind to each other.

Love you all

Dia dhuit

Mary

Lets look forward to spring.    A poem from one or my chapbooks.

RESURRECTION

Sap pulses to the fingertips of naked twigs

Tiny buds erupt on reaching branches.

Signs of life affter monthe os dormancy.

Hibernation

Sleep and 

Death

Do not last forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I went to Mass this morning at 10:00AM

I was really surprised that there were so few people there.   We have all the seating marked so that we are not closer than 6 feet and still, all the available spaces were not filled.    I was ushering so felt useful for Jesus Birthday too.

It was a quiet day.   Talked to most of the kids and will contact the others tomorrow when the Christmas obligations are over.   Am fixing a nice dinner for myself.    Ham, Green Lima Bean Casserole, and cranberry relish.    Num Num   If you can get here by 9, it will still be warm enough to serve to you:)

Sad about Nashville bombing today.     Everything else seems to be aiming towards peace.   I wish people would stay home for ONE holiday.    It could make the difference in thousands of lives from the COVID.   Each life is somebodies mother or father or brother or sister or child and so on.

Be safe and keep well.   I pray for you all every night.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Elm Trees

Standing Tall

Stripped of their summer leaves

Their roots DEEP into the earth

Naked

Home again

 Home all day.    Bart and Barb stopped by this evening to take the Adam Beniot's presents and candy to them.    That's not, of course, why they were going, but at least I know that the girls know that I remembered them again this year.     Sent a bit of candy, because I have SO much

Bobbie sent me a vast array and I am loving it.

Tomorrow I will go to Mass at 10:00AM and usher.   Glad to be a part of Jesus's birthday celebration:)

Will get together with Bart and Barb to give them their presents sometime during the day.    I am fixing a ham steak, a lima bean and mushroom casserole and a salad harvested from my Aero Garden.   Have plenty to share if you want to come over.

Happy Birthday Jesus

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Just a Irish comment for our times:

May those who love us, Love us.    May those who don't love us, may He turn their ankles.   So we will know them by their limping.

Home all day and tomorrow too.

I managed to keep busy or at least amused most of the day.   Had a call from my friend, Barb Sadler, who always makes me feel good.   We have been friends for over 70 years.   WOW.   That even sounds forever to me:)

• Wrapped the last of my presents today and just did some reading and writing and stuff like that.   It was not too cold today, but the wind was awful.  I actually was stopped in my tracks when I turned to walk back home from down the street.    Easy to walk with the wind pushing you!

 Only two days til our Lord's Birthday.    I used to bake a birthday cake for Him.   I wonder if the boys remember.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

 

Sonnet

Do you believe in angels"

The shepherds did.

They heeded the angels call

And found the babe

Lying in a manger, as promised

 

Do you believe in the stars?\

The Magi did

And followed the star

From the East

To find the child, as promised.

 

We are all truly blessed.

We know the truth

We just need to believe.

What happened years ago

That God love us so much

As to send his SON

To save us for himself.

A fruitful day

Kerry came and cleaned my house this morning, so I am ready for Christmas.

Packages arrived from Bobbie and Bill (Nummy Candy) and from Bret and Janet, lots of nice things, including masks which say "I love you"

Went grocery shopping this afternoon.   I do not intend to go again until next year.  The store was packed.   Did not expect that, don't know why.  But I am set for a long time.    Remember there are only me and Miss Vita in my house.

It was sunny most of the day, though the wind was typically Oklahoma and it was not comfortable to spend much time out there.

Have scheduled things to do tomorrow at home, I don't want to go out.   Will try to get in touch with a couple of people i have been thinking of.    It is amazing how, people that you have not talked to in ages, are also thinking of you.

We are a funny people.    And I love you all

Dia Dhuit

Mary

 

Life is all out of order.

But slowly falling into place

Will the new decade bring sanity

One can only hope. 

I baked Lizzies today

Too bad that it is too late to enclose them in the packages.    Lizzies for those who may not know are cookies very much like fruitcake.    You soak raisins in bourbon or whiskey and then add all the other ingredients and bake.    SO GOOD>   Got the recipe from my Mother, bless her soul.   I smile every time I bake them.

Had another plumbing issue.    Mike says that he is sure that he has it now.    There was a backup where he did not expect it would be the last time.

Vita went to PetSmart today and had her bath.   She is,of course, gorgeous and very irritated with me.    She smells good too.

That was pretty much the day.

Tomorrow is quiet.   Will do my last shopping before next week and I think that Kerry is coming to clean.

Then only two days til Christmas.   I am ushering at the 10AM Mass on Christmas Day.   Sure glad that I feel well enough to DO SOMETHING.

Have a good week

Dia Dhuit

Mary

 

A poem from some time ago

NOLLAIG SHONA

Nobody will believe what happened last night!

Openings were not available at my Inn or anywhere else in town.

Late at night they came and she was ready to deliver her child.

\Landlord that I am, I offered the stable, warm and safe.

Angels started singing on high and waking up the shepherds.

Into the stable swarmed the local women, my wife at their head,

Giving advice and aid to the young couple.

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Soon, the child was born and peace settled on to the tired family.

Humming softly, birds in the rafters sang the child to sleep.

Over the hills came the shepherds, summoned by the angels.

Never have I seen such a sight

A child born in a stable the center of so much love.












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We had SUNSHINE

Vita insisted on too many walks (I know, I know, I spoil her.)   Today I really didn't mind too much.    It was sunny and warm.   I took her without a jacket.   The sweatshirt was enough.   Ran into a couple of neighbors too so had SOMEBODY to talk to for a minute.  

Worked on my book a bit.   Know what graphics I have to input.   Now I have to find them and remember how to put them in.)   Adding to my memory of that, my  g-mail was not receiving or sending properly.   I don't know why, but the 4th time I rebooted, it finally jerked itself into sync.    Like Jim said, Maybe it was that glitch that Google had.    Anyway it is working now.

Tomorrow Vita gets a bath and I get my plumbing flushed AGAIN.   I am going to make Lizzies too.   Got to have SOME fun.   I decided I need something with a bit of bourbon in it.

Also.   I wish I could send the picture.    My Christmas Cactus is blooming beautifully.     (It is sometimes called an Easter Cactus depending on when it blooms.}    I will send a picture as soon as I remember how:)

Bless you all

Til tomorrow

Dia dhuit

Mary

 

Mary was ready

For the birth.

Fresh hay in the manger

Fresh woven lines to cuddle

The God

The Lord of Creation.