We had a wonderful holiday month, starting with seven of us at our small place for Thanksgiving. Then a few other times when people came over, then seven again here for Christmas Day. Then we had eight people on Friday when Tricia’s sister and family visited for the weekend from Seattle. In between our hosting…
Greetings from The Pearl
Merry Christmas and wishes for a peaceful 2026. Thank you all for being a part of this blog and my life.
TheTravelsketchers Tuesday – 4th week of Advent
The theme of the fourth week of Advent is love. Love is a funny thing – we love coffee, we love to travel, we love our cat… it is a word that we use for a lot of concepts. Love as taste, desire, or even lust. Love as affection or friendship. Much love is self…
This week in The Pearl – December 19, 2025
A good week in The Pearl, quite rainy, but we had nothing like our friends to the north in the Seattle area, nor in areas of Oregon that were hit pretty hard with power outages and flooding. We stayed close to home except to venture out to visit friends and go to a birthday party….
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Joy
The theme of this third week of Advent is anticipating and experiencing joy. These days, joy is frequently frightened away by the turmoil around us – in our world, our country, even with friends and family. Cynically, joy is relegated to some fantastical fairytale. We find it tempting to agree with Herman Melville: “There are…
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