Farewell 2015....

The final bloom of 2015. Many buds on plant, waiting to bloom for 2016. And so it goes...

Baking Blitz...plus

Well... I have added Irish Brown Bread, Scones, Homemade fresh Ginger Beer, and Apple Brownies to my culinary repertoire. I am scaring myself silly.

Happy Yule-tide, 2015!

My grandma's tree...one ornament each for most of our years together...some years, couldn't afford ornaments, so simply held hands and were silently grateful for each other before the tree.

 

A good and ethical approach to gun ownership:

November poem

Full bloom Winter Rose
Clings in swaying dance to slender green
November-chilled yet tender still
As the Rose, I dance.

--msd 11/2011

We continue to endlessly mourn. Endlessly.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/12/gun_violence_and_child_labor_are_not_the_price_of_liberty.html
 Important article. Right now, too horrified to comment further.



update after recovering somewhat from plain shock:

Reality check, USA:

The NRA is the true terrorist organization, aiding, abetting, and supporting those who murder with guns.