Category Archives: feasts

Cooking Christmas Dinner 2011

My parents are out of town this year for Christmas so we’re saving our family get-together for Epiphany. Instead we’re having some friends over for Christmas Dinner tomorrow. This morning we got started with the cooking. S took W took … Continue reading

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St. Nicholas Day 2011

Last year our St. Nicholas celebration was marked by S wrecking his truck. This year things were a little more peaceful. I did have a couple of electricians here restoring power to the children’s rooms while I was trying to … Continue reading

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Top Ten Tuesday: Why Practice Hospitality?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. We host a weekly open house supper for neighbors, folks from church, people from S’s office and others and while we enjoy it does really shape our week to a large extent. … Continue reading

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Celebrate!

  I was thinking the other day how many things we celebrate. Not just birthdays and holidays but many of the happenings in life. First Strawberries…last tomatoes…new accomplishments…or finished projects…all call for celebration. Sometimes of course we simply rejoice in … Continue reading

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Collects and Readings: Sixth Sunday in Easter

Sixth Sunday of Easter O God, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass man’s understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards thee, that we, loving thee in all things and above all things, … Continue reading

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I Give Thanks…

For cool spring weather (in Virginia?) that makes my re-organizing projects much more pleasant than they would otherwise be… For children whose growth in maturity means they can play together nicely so that I can accomplish what I’ve set for … Continue reading

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Birthday Celebrations

Since F and Su have their birthdays one day apart we generally combine them into one celebration. We don’t do anything elaborate, just family and a few friends, and the children get to choose the meal and what kind of … Continue reading

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Starting The Year Off Clean and Organized!

As usual I was scrambling until the last minute on Christmas projects. I should have started sooner, but also it’s a little tricky to make things in front of the children now that they’ve gotten big enough to notice that … Continue reading

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The Feast of St. Nicholas

December sixth is the traditional Feast of St. Nicholas and we celebrated it in a quiet way. It probably would have been a bit more but I lost track of the dates and then some other things came up at … Continue reading

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