 | Julie Dec 24 | I hope everyone has a happy holiday however you choose to celebrate it. My brother and his family came over today for Christmas dinner. I cooked all day yesterday and today.. yesterday I made desserts and a cheese plate. I made blueberry upside down cake, snickers-oreo pie and peanutbutter cream pie, as well as chocolate peanutbutter chip cookies with walnuts. 🙂 This morning I baked a loaf of spelt bread with flax and pumpkin seeds, and a seafood bake in a sherry-cream sauce for the main course. I also made wassail. That was a first. 🙂 Most of the food was demolished so everyone was happy. It was really good to have people over. We exchanged presents and the boys put a desk together for me. We caught up on everything since we haven't spoken for most of the year and now they're gone and I've got most of the mess cleaned up. All in all it was a good night. WIth the Winter Solstice I have had a lot on my mind. It's a new beginning, and I want to do a ritual to mark it. I dug out my old supplies but that took a while. I'll start with something simple, and give the house a good smudging. I went out and cut holly boughs to bring inside and I think having a little nature in the house helps. Holly is traditionally for protection. We have twelve lunar cycles, after which there are about twelve extra days. These are tacked on after Winter Solstice, giving us Yule and it's when the Wild Hunt was at it's strongest. Holly was one thing people could do to ward against it. I want to make some changes in my life and relationships in the coming year. More about that another time though. For now, it's been a long day. I hope you all spend the holiday with someone you care for. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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