While the holiday season is a time of celebrations with family and friends, my regular readers will know that winter is not my favorite time of year.  This is partly because of my love of summer and all that it entails, but the primary reason is because of the reduced amount of daylight. So it is no surprise that the holiday season is a time for bringing light to the darkness – literally and symbolically. Many cultures around the world have winter festivals that are in fact celebrations of light.

I am not a big breakfast person, preferring to ease into the day sustained by black coffee and a glass of water. I was curious how breakfast developed as one of our three square meals a day, so I decided to do a bit of reading on the subject.

I love exploring new places in the USA. After living through Covid, like many Americans I have the “travel bug” again. I have been to perhaps half the US states, but I am now developing a desire to visit all the states and to seize travel opportunities whenever I can.