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Sunday Letter ~ March 2024

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Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter peeps~

Welcome to the rollercoaster weather days of March. March is extremely predictable in her unpredictability. Notice how varied the temperatures will be over the next few weeks. Dreary and cold. Stormy. Sunny, warm days that trick you into wanting to plant tomatoes. The truth is we could still have snow. (Shhh!)

March loves to remind us that we aren’t completely out of the winter woods yet. And how about her howling winds? Hold on to your garden hat lest it sails skyward and becomes snagged by a tree branch.

Have you ever seen a bird nest built from a hat taken by the wind? The busy finches could definitely make it happen this month.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: February 2024

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Sunday Letter friends~

Holy-moly! Welcoming February feels like a major accomplishment, like we scaled the highest, most difficult month of the year, which was icy and treacherous at times and definitely teeth-chattering cold, and now we can almost see clear through to spring. Oh, I’m sure winter will have plenty more to say about the matter, but a few days of false spring has me pretending the season is behind us.

Yes, I’m fickle when it comes to winter. The first beautiful snowfall is thrilling to me. The second one too. But after a string of cold, gray days, I have to dig a little deeper to appreciate the beauty. It’s the blue sky I crave most.

Seems to me the Christmas season should extend through January 31, and February 1 should mark the beginning of the new year. Mid-January is when we need tinsel and twinkle lights the most.

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January Sunday Letter

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January Sunday Letter

 

Hey, hey! Welcome to my January Sunday Letter.

January represents a new year and a new start (according to the Gregorian calendar anyway). Packing up our Christmas decor, sweeping dry fir needles from the floor, and dusting away the glitter that always seems to sprinkle all the surfaces—these are some of my favorite early-January things.

I also like to spend time thinking about goals for the new year. Call them what you will—goals, resolutions, bucket list items—January is the time I review what I accomplished the year before and contemplate where I fell short. I think about all the things I never got around to doing, and decide whether or not those goals really were/are a priority. While I do these things, I keep something in mind, specific to January…Continue Reading

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