The icy blue....

Last night the winds brought deep, soft snow.  The beautiful sort that clings to the trees and makes the a Christmas cards a fortune.  Mom and I slept cozy and sound, my son home from a late night of work and Hobbit watching...  I've been wrapping, making some treats, and generally losing myself in the holiday blur.

There comes a moment when it's here...  Usually with my old schedule, that moment came right on the wings of the 25th, but with a little more time...  I'm finding myself unable to just stop, put away the lists, get out the cocoa, the holiday teas, the movies...  Read the beautiful words of St. Luke, the ultimate Christmas message given the the world...  Time to stop.  To listen...  To remember... And To Be....

Our mantle bids you enter into the icy realm of Heartland Magic...