a cold day
so dark
rain against
the windows
tomorrow
the solstice
then more light
each day
My gratitude journal is open on a file cabinet, to remind me to keep my heart and hands open in prayer. I also have a list here, to catch and type moments as they occur, and then I write them in my journal. Examples include: the kind readers of my blogs and the fact that we have not lost power today. We have a generator if we do. Lots of old trees in this area, and the power companies do prune them–interesting shapes result. I’m always amazed everything works as well as it does!
Simple Christmas plans this year–also grateful for composure (so far anyway!).
Blessings always, Ellen
First image: wpclipart.com.
Second image: Karen’s Whimsy.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 
Power will be the touchstone of coming generations, not the physical kind, but the electrical … More than anything else it has transformed the way we live … Blessings for you on the Solstice, and through the coming time …
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Good morning, Thank you for your blessings. There are some beautiful wind farms in Wisconsin. So true about how electricity has changed our lives. I’m affected by the short days–maybe my Swedish blood–and find sometimes it’s better to get the extra rest, if possible. Also takes me more time to adjust when the clocks are changed.
In January, there may be icebergs here, but the quality of the light is different. Ellen
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Beautiful imagery and words of light. Thank U!
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Dear Susan, Thank you and blessings, Ellen
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That is exactly what has been on my mind! By New Year’s Day we’ll have nearly 4 additional minutes of daylight! That is so exciting every yearl It never gets old!
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Hi Margaret, Four minutes! That’s wonderful to know…I agree, more beautiful all the time. Love to you and Joe, Ellen
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I’m glad for this reminder that soon the days will get longer. We love watching daylight lengthen. Thanks, Ellen.
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Hi Lori, Thank you–these simple glorious gifts! Ellen
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Yes, Light comes. Christmas blessings to you, Ellen.
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Thank you, Mary Ann, and Christmas blessings to you too, Ellen
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I thought about you, Ellen, and the gratitude journal, this morning. Here’s my first entry: I am SO grateful for pouring rain (we had snow and slush yesterday, and I was fearful of a “skating rink”). God bless you–love, Caddo
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Dear Caddo, Thank you, and I love your first entry. Love and blessings, Ellen
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Always lovely Ellen. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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Dear Margie, Thank you. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well…Ellen
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They must teach that same pruning to the power company here. So many trees look butchered, more an eyesore than a thing of beauty. It is so sad.
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Hi Patti, The trees also picture resilience for me…I saw a row of evergreens pruned and then they all grew taller. Sad too as you say when nature has to give up too much…yet I couldn’t live here without power. As I mentioned in an earlier comment, Wisconsin has beautiful wind farms, but I don’t know how the whole process works. Ellen
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