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Do you know that today I called the best bakeries in my area and none of them sells a traditional Twelfth Night cake? With the resurgence of interest in old religious celebrations, I’m rather surprised. I want to serve a Twelfth Night cake to family members and neighbors this Friday to honor the end of…

Keep a fire for the human raceLet your prayers go drifting into spaceYou never know what will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing nearAnd just as easily, it could all disappearAlong with whatever meaning you might have found Don’t let the uncertainty turn you around(the world keeps turning around and around)Go on…

One Source Publications has recently released a book-CD combination called “Do-It-Yourself Space Clearing Kit: Working With Nature to Enhance the Energies of Your Home,” and the author Christan Hummel has some nice ideas for energetically clearing your residence for the new year. She writes: The start of a new year presents an opportunity to turn…

I don’t mean to sound gloomy, but these days after Christmas often make me think of death. They always have. But I’ve been more aware of life’s fleeting, precious character in recent years. My mother died three years ago on January 3rd, and she labored under hospice care during this normally festive week. So now,…

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…

If you’re feeling vulnerable or blue for any reason, do not miss Elizabeth Lesser’s thoughtful article about coping with the intensity, competitiveness, and grief of the year-end season. Lesser is author of “Broken Open” and one of the founders of the influential New Age conference center The Omega Institute. Her sweetness as a person and…

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” —Garrison Keillor
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