Sunday Smatterings
Happy Sunday, friends!
It’s been a blessedly quiet week here on our little hill. We had a lovely snowstorm to start the week—the perfect kind that lasts all day but doesn’t accumulate on the roads or need shoveling away. Watching it snow (with a cup of cocoa, natch) is so soporific. It takes me right back to childhood, lying on the couch in the living room next to a roaring fire with a book in my hand. Idyllic.
We closed on the old house, as well. Talk about a bittersweet moment. We’d had a much earlier closing in October that fell through hours before we were meant to sign, and having to wait another 5 weeks was quite stressful. I don’t know how many times we said goodbye. I loved our little house so much, and I hated seeing her sit empty, with no books, no laughter, no creativity to fill her to the rafters. That is all over now, and she has a new family. What a relief!
The rest of the week has been taken up with the “write” stuff — lots of work on the new book, research in the form of movie, podcast, and books, notebooks being filled and word counts piling up. It’s too early to even hint at what this story is, but it feels good to be settled into a rhythm and working hard again. This story has been with me for many years, and my characters are shouting to get onto the page. It’s the best feeling, waking up with their words on the tip of my tongue.
We’ve done a few little decorations and I’m putting together my lighted birch trees this afternoon, something we’ve started doing in lieu of evergreens since the girls like to munch on them, but I’m still more focused on getting the house unpacked. Room by room, we’re getting closer and closer. Randy keeps pointing out that most people take 6 months to get fully unpacked. I’m hoping we don’t drag out that long, but who knows. Words are more important right now.
Have you decorated for the holidays yet? What’s your favorite part of December?
Onward!
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J.T.