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In Which the Blog reach 950 posts! A lovely Holiday Season approaches!

Good morning, my dear friend, and I wish you a happy Wednesday! How are you, this fine hour? As for me, I am okay, just waking up, really. The weather here is one of quiet transition, to spring. I can still use thicker blankets, but the days are longer, and the sun is more bright. Not exactly a good thing, I don't like summer, that is approaching. The only saving grace is to have Christmas season also upon us, the season of 2026! And all the memories of happy summer vacations, with the christmas trees and the great deal of lovely santas around it. Grandma used to go all in for the decor. How I miss it... I pray I can emulate it, when I can. Today, grandma is 82 years old, she is aging, as it rarely can be helped. She is tired, and she lives in an apartment nowadays, as such, she does not do the Christmas stuff as vigorously as some years before, alas.  There is no such thing as forsaking the long holiday tradition just because "times changed", whatever that means. No. Jus...

In Which the Blog reach 950 posts! A lovely Holiday Season approaches!

In Which we have a beautiful Christmas Eve 2025

In Which We talk a bit of Routine and some games

In Which We Recall the good moments of some Happy Years

In Which December flies in the sky with Santa Claus and the Reindeers!

In Which It is the Height of the Season, at last!

In Which we have a post for the Thanksgiving Holiday 2025: from an Exhausted Brazilian to dear America

In Which poor Writing Tropes can sour one's soul

In Which Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat bring some Christmas Delight

In Which we have the last post for 2024! An unlikely message of hope

In Which we have a Christmas Post, and when Sacrifice becomes Forgiveness

In Which we are on the height of the season!

In Which I make plans for the Christmas Day and consider an afternoon at the beach?

In Which a delayed book Arrive, and more Anecdotes of December 2024

In Which Christmas is Magical and I write more when angry

In Which we Wrap up November 2024 and talk on December Already!

In Which we have Mods for Civ 5 and the Age of Giants

In Which I wonder once again about the meaning of my own life

In Which we begin November 2024: A Balance of trends...

In Which we Wrap up October 2024: A time for Recovery