Zuzu’s Petals

Zuzu’s Petals

Zuzu’s Petals “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson This is a bit of a follow up to last week’s post, but these two posts go together in my heart and mind. My favorite movie is It’s a Wonderful Life...
It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life “All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.” Peter Bailey It’s a Wonderful Life is my favorite film. The first post-war release of Director Frank Capra and actor Jimmy Stewart, in 1946, was a box-office...
Christmas Eve Up at the Cabin

Christmas Eve Up at the Cabin

Christmas Eve Up at the Cabin “Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you’re waiting.” Joyce Meyer Aunt Janice and Uncle Gordon lived up at their log cabin for many years. Nestled in the forest above Lake Tahoe, the cabin was...
Here Comes Santa Claus!

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Here Comes Santa Claus! “It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.” Charles Dickens I recall fondly the many times my mom took my sister and me to see Santa at the May Company on...
Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping “Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.” Luke 2:14 When I was a kid, the first mall in our area was the Topanga Plaza. My mom and my grandmother used to do most of their Christmas shopping there. One...