Monthly Archives: December 2006

making space, clean and clear

Posted on December 31, 2006 by roseeliff

  I’ve spent the last 3 days cleaning and clearing, purging and tossing, organizing and rearranging, all in preparation for tonight. Each New Year’s Eve, I make time to do a space clearing in my home. I try to do … Continue reading →

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God bless us, every one

Posted on December 24, 2006 by roseeliff

  I lived in Los Angeles until I was 5, just down the street from my tia, my mom’s sister, who we called Ti because when I was little I didn’t know it was supposed to be Tia. She became … Continue reading →

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decor galore

Posted on December 20, 2006 by roseeliff

  It was packed on Sunday when the girls (my granddaughters) and I went to the cemetery to put some garland on my mom’s grave. Families gathering their boxes and buckets of supplies from their trunks, hoisting small trees from car tops, … Continue reading →

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breath of heaven

Posted on December 17, 2006 by roseeliff

  Advent always seems to draw me to contemplate Mary, a young Jewish girl in Nazareth, raised in a good Jewish family by all accounts, betrothed to a good Jewish man. We really know nothing of her by virtue of … Continue reading →

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advent spirit

Posted on December 8, 2006 by roseeliff

    Sunday, December 3, marked the beginning of Advent, the time of waiting in joyful hope. In Catholic tradition, there are three phases of the Christmas cycle: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. From December 3 through December 25, we practice … Continue reading →

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thanks for the gifts that matter

Posted on December 1, 2006 by roseeliff

 We had a too-small kitchen in our home when I was growing up, a narrow galley with a tiny laundry room at one end with a door to the backyard. Just a small 1950s ranch house (we were the “Dutch … Continue reading →

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