3. Not cookies, but an indelible memory (and current Xmas task) is bullar, Swedish coffee bread infused with cardamom.
9. I recall enjoying Teilhard, but I suspect that over our multi-hundred-century history rather more than two careless tinkerers knocked rock to flint and didn't bother to tell others in the cave about it, due perhaps to embarrassment over the resulting unsightly blisters.
10. As a Swede I do have memories of the lovely St. Lucia carol (Lu-see-a in svensk, Lu-chee-a in italiano) and sweet blonde girls precessing with candle head dresses, but not directly through family - my Swedish Nannie had little interest in the holy, preferring jaunty polkas on her harmonica. A grisly end in 304 Sicily indeed, perhaps colored by medieval tastes in bedtime stories, but she had a revenge of sorts, since Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion only 30 years later, at least in the east. Why oh why in our history must beauty be so often polluted with gore?
Love the cookie express and I’m going to tell my teenager about the dried fruit garland. So pretty! Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays, Paige!!! May it be calm and bright...
3. Not cookies, but an indelible memory (and current Xmas task) is bullar, Swedish coffee bread infused with cardamom.
9. I recall enjoying Teilhard, but I suspect that over our multi-hundred-century history rather more than two careless tinkerers knocked rock to flint and didn't bother to tell others in the cave about it, due perhaps to embarrassment over the resulting unsightly blisters.
10. As a Swede I do have memories of the lovely St. Lucia carol (Lu-see-a in svensk, Lu-chee-a in italiano) and sweet blonde girls precessing with candle head dresses, but not directly through family - my Swedish Nannie had little interest in the holy, preferring jaunty polkas on her harmonica. A grisly end in 304 Sicily indeed, perhaps colored by medieval tastes in bedtime stories, but she had a revenge of sorts, since Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion only 30 years later, at least in the east. Why oh why in our history must beauty be so often polluted with gore?
I always enjoy your comments and memories:)
Whelp, I’m off to go string some dried citrus!
Haha it’s so fun! 🤩
You've got handmade cards for sale at your local bookstore??? How amazing is that!! So cool!
Thank you, Sarah. It sometimes feels like more work than it’s worth, BUT, the biggest thing its done is boost the confidence and think bigger!
That makes sense. But hey, confidence and big dreams are always worth it!
Date Stamper! So old school
Amy. I am surprised they still exist!
But, a great idea. 😄
It’s really fun! I will have to write you a letter - and use it!