The Yule Gnomes of Lennart Helje

The Yule Gnomes of Lennart Helje

Ahh, but sometimes the best plans go awry. About a month ago while I was perusing Pinterest for copyright free art to hang on my wall for the holiday, I stumbled across the (to the best of my knowledge, not copyright free) art of the artist Lennart Helje. I had seen a few pieces of his before, but I was freshly intrigued, and looked up his name on there specifically. I was in love with all of the pieces I saw.

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Wonderful News For The Elders of My Community

Wonderful News For The Elders of My Community

Wonderful news from out of my home town today. I received a letter from the woman in charge of the Be a Santa to a Senior program I posted about a couple of weeks ago. The program was getting ready to wind down this weekend, but her email informed me to let everyone know that they have now met their goal to bring the wished-for gifts to ALL the local seniors who had asked for support.

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A Holiday Tree Devoted to the Faeries

A Holiday Tree Devoted to the Faeries

Once upon a time, I used to have a Faerie tree.

Every Christmas at my first apartment, I would decorate my tree with cut out paper ornaments of Brian Froud faeries that I meticulously cut from an extra, paperback, falling apart version of Faeries that I rescued from a yard sale. The tree had dried mushroom ornaments and white lights. And then I lost the faerie ornaments, life moved on, and every now and then I would remember that tree and think “I need to make a Faerie tree again.”

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