Deb Smouse

I have to say that the Ghost of Christmases Past certainly were here this year…surrounding me in many ways. It’s funny….Christmas is supposed to be the time of beautiful memories…. Hot chocolate by the fire as the presents are opened….the family gathered around the table, sharing turkey and mashed potatoes along with conversations [...]

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, [...]

I’m at the Admiral’s Club this morning….first time I’ve been here in ages - not because of lack of traveling - just because I wasn’t going to walk 20 gates down just to relax for ten minutes
I am feeling quite a bit better today….I got the tree up yesterday and the only ornaments on [...]

One thing I had decided when I started re-blogging was that I was just going to go with the stream-of-consciousness writing here. I blog in another place that has to be polished -and any other writing I do, besides quickie emails - has to be polished. But damn. I need to write [...]