Christmas Tradition 3: On Dec. 25th. (1. day of Christmas) a lot of people go to church at 11 am. Most families sleep late in the morning and have a "Christmas brunch" ; a lunch containing lots of delicious food. Children are mostly occupied with their new toys. For adults this "brunch" can last most of the day. On the 2. day of Christmas people often take a walk in the snowy paths, children trying out their skies, skates etc. This is the day for visiting family for dinner in the evening. The 3. day of Christmas is not a holiday, but lots of people take a vacation from Christmas to New Year....

The Light outshines the darkness: Hi Friends, hope all is going good. As an experiment, next time your in the dark, in your room, look around and see if you can see anything. Then lite a candle or use a flashlight and watch how the light illuminates the room. The more light you have, more the illumination. No more darkness, hallelujah!. In the dark we see nothing, we stumble in the dark, perhaps you even have stubbed your toe one time or another. How can we see where we are going when it's dark? Imagine the world without the sun, we would never know about the beauty of daylight, how wonderful it is to see life grow, the ...

One Step at a time: Hi Friends, Sending you lots of good thoughts and best wishes. While Tom is mixing my songs, I'm practicing guitar while I'm learning the lyrics to all the hymns so that I can be ready to sing live in the future. In the future, I don't know how everything is going to turn out, 'cause I don't have a band at the moment. So I might have to sing with my backing tracks to start and hopefully later I will find some good musicians and singers to back me. I have to start somewhere. I'm also working on the "Stations of the Cross" again, this time I'm painting the first station when Jesus is i...