by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Spiritual
I look forward to December 21st, the shortest day of the year. You can have your countdown to Christmas, but I count down to longer days of daylight. I’m solar powered and revel in abundant light. I love to work and play from dawn to dusk, and the later dusk arrives,...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Grief, Spiritual
Christmastime, for many, is a time of dealing with loss. For me, one such Christmastime was the one following my father’s passing when I was a little girl. He had a fatal heart attack just a couple of months earlier. My mother moved through the Thanksgiving holiday by...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Locally Made, Spiritual
What comes to mind when you think of Christmas traditions? As I drank my coffee this morning, wishing for colder weather (well, it is December in Maine!) I was thinking of what Christmas traditions mean. Traditionally, we have snow for Christmas. Today it is in the...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Spiritual
Family dinners. These two words conjure up memories, activating heart and mind. For some of us, this means memories of not having had the “traditional” American style, family dinner. You know, sisters and brothers with a couple of adults, gathering around the table,...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Spiritual
Today I skipped my morning coffee routine in favor of getting a run in before it started raining. Although, really, the run of humidity we’ve had in the Northeast the last few weeks has left me wishing I had gills, and will no doubt cause me to take little notice of a...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Spiritual
I am sitting here on my back deck in Maine, while the forceful breeze surrounds me. It is not harsh and co-mingles with the sun’s warming rays. Now and again a discarded cherry tree blossom lands unceremoniously on my leg or arm. Leaving it to itself, it...
