new kettle

because the water from the old one was getting brown and browner.

it shows that inept housekeeping can happen in your twenties or your fifties.

advent

i cannot tell why He whom angels worship

should set His love upon the sons of men

or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wand'rers

to bring them back they know not how or when...

but this i know, He heals the broken-hearted

and stays my sin and calms my lurking fear

and lifts the burden from the heavy laden

for yet the Savior, Savior of the world is here.

- william young fullerton

under the pretty prints on the wrapping paper 

behind the unending cycles of modified carols

beyond the plastic smiles and air kisses

i know i have a hope

at last

an unexpectedly light day at work

some really pleasant encounters

HOM coming to the end of his last business trip this year

silver bells playing at starbucks

thundery stormy weather

it's starting to (finally) feel like the end of the year.