So, Coco wasn't satisfied with the way her Christmas-Eve Brownies™ came out last night, so today we bounced out in the rain to the local to get more ingredients for she could make some Christmas-Day Brownies™ for the guests (and we get the keep the irregulars for ourselves).
Shout out to all those folks who work the holidays so the rest if us can enjoy ourselves!
And off-kilter holiday post here for our first holiday in Tacoma. No monster movie marathon today; we're hosting the Putnam fam this afternoon and heading out to a "regular" movie together after. But no fear: Coco and I did see Godzilla Minus One in the theater a few days ago (it was grrrrreat!) so the streak is maintained in spirit if not in fact!
This has been a year of transitions, as so many have.
For Coco, it was the end of her master's program and the beginning of her practice as a mental health counselor - a practice which is going strong already!
For me, it was opening up and then tying off so many threads, as we managed the move and I began to really lean into retirement. Just this week I passed a landmark - I merged my work desk and my art desk and have just one station instead of two. I realized I don't have a work-me and a play-me anymore and I get to be just-me. And that feels pretty good.
Anyhoo, still lots of holiday fun to be had over the next week, and beyond until our Steel Anniversary in January.
I think I owe this space three book reviews and should update my other spaces too. In the meantime,for anyone here who doesn't already have it, this is me:
One last thought: all of this can seem so trivial compared to the struggle and privation so many people are undergoing this year all across the planet. Let us all hope for and work toward a world free from the hate, cruelty, and greed that blights us.
One love.