I'll Be Home for Christmas...If Only In My Dreams

When it comes to thinking of an idyllic Christmastime, I often find myself daydreaming about my Decembers spent growing up in Germany. I don’t know if it was the time, or the place, or my age- or a holy trinity- but Christmas was once magical to me. There was magic in the very air…

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A Reflection/Transition...After A Long Hiatus From, Well, Myself: a.k.a. The Journey

I was recently at my girl’s wedding, and was talking to someone I haven’t seen in years.  He said something that inspired me to come back here…to my blog.  He said something that made me abandon the self-depracating thought of “why bother writing a blog- no one will care to read it just because I …READ MORE