Today is the Eighth Day of Christmas.  It is also New Year’s Day. I hope you’ve been having a wonderful start to this new year. As mentioned, it is the Eighth Day of Christmas.  We are still in the period of time known as Christmastide.  And so it is still the holidays, and I will [...]

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope all of you are having a blessed start to your new year. I didn’t see the ball drop in New York.  I woke up too late to turn the TV on and watch it.  Yes, folks, around here the ball drops at 8:00 a.m., and I was asleep.  I [...]