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A Christmas Letter
Dear family and friends, I am sat at my kitchen table, two flames on my advent wreath dancing along to the children’s songs blaring out of the Tonie box. The snow is weighing heavy on the branches outside, and everything is covered with a white blanket. Lily and Finn are colouring in gingerbread and snowmen…
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Why and How We Celebrate Christmas
Hello and welcome back! Can you believe it’s four days until Christmas Eve? Where I live, in Austria, Christmas Eve is the real deal. Christmas Day is more like an afterthought. Yes, there’s goose or turkey, but the countdown in this country is for Christmas Eve. Why? Well, for starters, we open our presents on…
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Our Family Life List for a Slow Living Summer
I am writing this while being in Tuscany, the cicadas chirping, the sun setting over the vineyards, and the dry heat closing in. Summer is here – if we like it or not. Those who know me know that I don’t particularly like summer – the heat, the insects, the heat, the traffic, the heat,…
Mama Bear Tales 