Take it to the curb
That which you no longer need
Only weighs you down
With happiness, wave goodbye
Thanking it for its blessings
©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben
literally and figuratively
literally and figuratively
Take it to the curb
That which you no longer need
Only weighs you down
With happiness, wave goodbye
Thanking it for its blessings
©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben
Merry Christmas With Carol Of The Bells
For this year’s Christmas wishes, I will start with a lovely rendition of one of my favorite carols, Carol of the Bells, sung here by Voices of Lee:
The carol itself piqued my curiosity when I read a two-line description of its origins. According to this, it was composed in 1904 by a Ukranian composer called Mykola Leontovich, who based it on a traditional Ukranian folk song. Leontovich raised awareness of the Ukranian struggle for independence from Soviet Russia by touring the West, playing (among other songs) Carol of the Bells. As a result, he was murdered in 1921 by a Soviet agent.
At a time when Ukraine is once again in the news for its struggle for independence from Russia, this moved me enough to research some more. I am sharing here this haunting son’s amazing history based on information I found on Rice University and Wikipedia.
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Image: Pixabay
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MY PERSONAL CHRISTMAS EVE-DAY READING MARATHON
Because Santa brought us a stomach virus as an early Christmas present, and because I had been sleeping days as well as nights to catch up from being up at night, I awoke early Christmas Eve-Day and decided it was the perfect time to rip into a box of donations for my Little Free Library, and dig in. As I went through the books, I wanted to add many to my TBR shelves, but there simply was not room. Discovering that several of the donated books were already on my TBR list, some from years ago (It had been a long time since I had cleaned out my TBR manilla folder full of scraps of paper and newspaper reviews.) I decided to hold my own Christmas Eve-Day marathon.
I spent from 5:30 a.m. CST until 10:45 p.m. CST alternating between reading books, reading blogs I was so far behind on…
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Christmas Eve Funnies…
Finding Hope
Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – Guest Comedian D.G. Kaye with more Christmas funnies and a joke or two from the archives
when you
Keep your standards high
Lower your expectations
Life gets happier
©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben
temptations
The jar on the shelf
Holding nibbles and kibbles
And the stares of cats
©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben
Christmas?
We were out walking Ray yesterday afternoon, and came across this:
It could be argued that it does little for the true meaning of Christmas, but it brought a smile to our faces …. and smiling is good. More people should try it! 🙂
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