Yes, I’m in accord with the reader who writes this in response to my advice, “Surround your children with beautiful things.” Children “should get nice things, but the beautiful things around them should be their family, friends, and activities involving those people,” she says. “Right now insure they are surrounded with beautiful memories and a…

Shake hands, before you die. Old year, we’ll dearly rue for you: What is it we can do for you? Speak out before you die. His face is growing sharp and thin. Alack! our friend is gone, Close up his eyes: tie up his chin: Step from the corpse, and let him in That standeth…

We Chatterings will be eating pheasant for Christmas dinner. The idea occurred to me as I stood in our local butcher’s shop two weeks ago and noticed his “Pheasant and Squab by Special Order” sign. So I bit. But first I asked, “Is the pheasant farmed and environmentally correct?” And the butcher responded, “Well, it’s…

Here’s a guided meditation by Paramahansa Yogananda. Perhaps, if you are celebrating Christmas this year in a non-traditional way, you will find this inspiring. Meditation for Christmas Eve Lift your eyes and concentrate within. Behold the astral star of divine wisdom and let the wise thought in you follow that telescopic star to behold the…

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