Monthly Archives: November 2012

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
And baking for as many as I can.  Yessirree, it’s time to fire up that temperamental, “vintage” oven of mine and crank up the BAKING, y’all. I just checked, and the local project (East Hartford,…

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Santa Hat Chronicles Is Moving!

I’m consolidating my two sets of writing onto my Sirena Tales site at http://www.sirenatales.wordpress.com.  I hope this will make things simpler and easier for reading what I’ve got to offer. My writing experience reminds me of that quotation “[s]ometimes on … Continue reading

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Does Santa ever get sad?

And if he does, how does he handle it?  I’ve been wondering this over the past several days when I’ve been feeling pretty blue sailing through some rough seas. Trying for cheery posts for the blog, I’ve come up dry.  It … Continue reading

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Got kindness?

Sure, as human types, we’ve all got a massive capacity for kindness.  Having been blessed to receive and witness countless kindnesses over my lifetime, I’m constantly blown away by how kind people can be.  Want to be. Sometimes where I … Continue reading

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Thank you

I’ll make this brief. When I started writing exactly one year ago, I sought to provide a bit of shine to the world for a few weeks over the holidays by sharing some heartwarming stories that mattered to me.  I’d … Continue reading

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You wear your Santa Hat for the kids…in all of us

You’re not sure you’ll start wearing the Hat today.  You’re just going for a short walk around the block and then to an open art studio.  There won’t be many people about and the sunshine provided by Mother Nature seems … Continue reading

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Santa Hat Countdown: ‘Still going for it

Some of the response I received on my last post, “The tough job of being joyful,” has gotten me to examining my world view and my mission to spread joy.  As I rev up for my 9th or so year … Continue reading

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