I'll Be Home for Christmas ...

[anns_lace]

Or you can be home for any other winter holiday you prefer. Most of us delight in having a safe haven, a place to relax and unwind, a cave with a fire, a HOME to return to when we're ready to get away from the rest of the world, especially on these dark winter nights. We may live on our own or with family or friends or just room-mates. We may have

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[wuweibaby]

Kitty love

[anns_lace]

well, yes, kitties - obviously! Not much point to a home without kitties!

[markmc03]

Your home sounds comfy and delightful. When I did own a house, it too was located on a hill overlooking a stream which was protected as a salmon spawning stream which required a large green belt on either side of it.

At the end of the street was a forest that stretched for literally thousands of miles and the wind which rushed down the vallley in Summer came scented with pine and fir aromas. In the distance, at the north end of the valley, was a 25000 year old glacier which shone with a beautiful warm alpenglow. To the west was Diamond Head, a dormant volcano shaved sharp by ancient glaciers. And to the south was the massive Squamish Chief, a giant granite edifice, the second largest granite block in North America.

But that was a lifetime ago now.

There is no magic in my humble apartment this year. I am too tired and in no mood for such things. This too shall pass and I am content to have a bland secular Christmas this year.

[anns_lace]

Wow, the views from that house must have been spectacular! I think that would bring magic into your life, even if other things were going to hell.

No tiny bit of magic in your home now? No special dish or cup that makes anything in it taste better? No sweater that makes you feel warm and cared for just by putting it on? No chair or couch you head for when you want to read a book? No remote control for a tv or sound system (I think of remote controls as the closest thing we have today to magic wands)?