Guest guest Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Peggy, Congratulations on the Holiday Spirit!! And thank you for keeping such a great watch over the list. I love the way you keep the list on track! Have a great Holiday and enjoy all of the food! In gratitude, John Van Rees http://www.exquisitecrystals.com At 12:53 PM 12/19/2006, you wrote: >I wish and hope that you are all having a great holiday season filled >with joy and harmony and that life just gets better all the time for all >of you. >The Year here in the Northern Half of the planet is winding down . Even >here in the Los Angeles area the weather has turned distinctly cold and >it feels like Winter . O.K .the mandarin oranges are getting ripe and >the Camellias are blooming so it may not seem like winter here to most >folks who live outside of the original La La Land but Winter is >relative. It is up to 56 degrees this morning but seems very coold >though when I lived in San Francisco 56 was about when we would go >outside with out our coats. Anyway it is a good time to hunker inside >and reflect and plan and dream. I have not been making resolutions and >formal fixed plans because between time speeding up and various >unexpected events the last few years my ability to complete projects >and follow schedules has been nullified . The Gemininess of having too >much on the plate and being somewhat easily diverted is also a factor >of course. I do expect to do better from now on. > >Being an extremely eclectic family we have a vast number of holidays and >festivities we could celebrate, so rather than singling out a specific >cause of celebration pretty much the whole period from Halloween >through New Years Day is the Holiday season . This is the first >time in about six or seven years that we are actually doing much of >anything because of various events with jobs , deaths, illness, >accidents and surgeries etc.had consumed the season instead . This >however is and has been a year of conclusions and renewal and in >appreciation we are celebrating a bit . We celebrate More about our >victories and improvements , health and life and the cycle of life >seasons and family communication & healing rather than about calendar >holidays and religious markers. Gifts and shopping have never been a >big part of our holidays anyway Some years because of being unfunded >but also because only one person in this family likes to shop and we >are bizarrely skittish in crowds me and the girls being sensitive to >energies and my spouse being a ( now Retired ) Police security >specialist who tends to switch into cop/bodyguard mode in crowds. This >year though, the youngest girl(18) manifested her full on Virgo mode >she has learned to alleviate and prevent pain is in love /engaged >so she wants the whole ball of Wax .We have gotten a slim unlit >artificial tree a real wreath from Trader Joes and a goose. ( and >ham,ducks, Rib roast, and smoked salmon) I got presents this year ! >a small freezer , a Crockpot and a food saver allowing me to indulge >my foodie psychosis after a long break. We got a usable range at last >in September after the door front snapped off the old one. Nicole >has replaced my ornament collection which she had smashed during >her child hood . My oldest daughter Jana, (thirty one) has returned to >college and is doing well . Mara at 20 has been having success >improving her reading and speech , she is finishing her third Beladi >set (belly dance bra and hip belt) which her Costume Beading teacher >Doyne Allen, says is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen in his >life!! and someone anonymously gave me an Amazon gift certificate so >I'll may be able to get a book or two this year . Well I had not >intended to write the dreaded Holiday letter but that does seem to be >what this is becoming . I did just get a solstice gift of a lovely >rainbow moonstone pendant, the sweetest tiny Malachite egg and a >larger Tigers Eye egg and a marble heart . A friend dropped by with a >rock she had picked up in her travels and was initially quite shocked >when I told her that it was a piece of schist, but we did get that >straightened out quickly. I really want to thank everyone for sharing >their knowledge and intuitions and experiences about stones and >crystals and making this list a friendly and helpful place for everyone . > >Peggy Jentoft > >-- >Solarraven <http://pjentoft.com/index.html>http://pjentoft.com/index.html >Energy work, Nature & Spirituality,Mandala,Crystal Healing, >Angels, Huna, fairies, mystic " skills & secrets " ,PSP presets,Reiki, ><http://invite.tribe.net/id/2dd3cd38-8e8c-405c-97ad-0f73a9767ceb>http://invite.\ tribe.net/id/2dd3cd38-8e8c-405c-97ad-0f73a9767ceb > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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