Monthly Archives: December 2025

As the year draws to a close, I think of the time we are given and how we choose to spend it. We can spend time, waste it, share it, give to another, lose track of it and find time until time is up. There are ways that I can improve my use of time.Continue reading

As I put the last tags on gifts, I remember back to the excitement and mystery of this time of the year. As a youngster, my brothers and I served at midnight Mass as choir members or alter servers. The novelty of staying up well past midnight, walking through the quiet, calm of evening andContinue reading “Finishing Odds and Ends, December 22, 2025. 709 words”

Not all Christmases are joyous. In my life I had a sad holiday become a joy.In November of 1990, I opened my front door to be given divorce papers served by a stranger. I closed the door and walked down the hall to knock on the spare room used as a shared office.“Mick, what isContinue reading “A Different Christmas, December 15, 2025. 628 Words”

Growing up the first week of December was devoted to helping my Mom write notes and preparing for Christmas Cards. After dinner dishes were washed and put away, Mom would open a box of Christmas cards, laying out pens, blank sheets of stationary, stamps and return address labels to work on cards. My job wasContinue reading “The Lost Art of Letter Writing, December 8th, 2025. 505 words”