The Christian season of Advent begins today, the fourth Sunday before Christmas and will continue until Christmas. It marks a season of preparation before Christmas, a new liturgical year, and is symbolized by the color purple. Like Lent, Advent is a season of Preparation. Lent focuses on repentance, penance, and forgiveness and is a time […]
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Seasons & Celebrations: Happy First Day of Winter!
What’s that you say, it’s not winter yet? Sure, it is! Today, Dec 1st, is when meteorological winter starts for us in the northern hemisphere and summer begins in the southern hemisphere. It is the day that is considered the first day of the new season by meteorologists. For most people in the northern hemisphere, […]
Mist, Magic & Melancholy? Aran Islands and Aran Sweaters Part 2: Facts & Fictions
Yarn-spinning While I was researching this topic, I’ve often asked the question, “What’s the truth?” and received the reply, “Well, it depends on who you ask!” That has never sat well with me. There are actual factual truths and I really wanted to know them if they could be known! The Irish are known to […]
Mist, Magic, and Melancholy? Aran Islands and Aran Sweaters Part 1.
Intro to the Aran Islands and the History of the Aran Sweater Beauty and Mythology With their gorgeous cable stitches with lovely names like honeycomb, moss, trellis, and tree of life, Aran sweaters have become a symbol of Irishness around the world. They also have beautiful folklore attached to them. Some sellers have been so […]
The Journey & the Blog: Reboot, Renew, Refocus
Hi there! It sure has been a while. Thanks for stopping by after all this time. For those of you who followed our RV journey back in 2017-18, I’m sorry the blog just suddenly fizzled out. Once we settled into the rhythm of the trip and living in the moment, it was just too hard […]
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