Monthly Archives: December 2009

Remembering Dad

Posted on December 31, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

My daddy would have been 74 today and I spent a lot of time today thinking about who he was, some of the adventures we shared, and giving thanks that I had a dad for the first 42 years of … Continue reading →

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Cocooning Bliss

Posted on December 28, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

I’ve always been a workaholic who has always believed that if you are not productive 120 percent of the time you’re a slacker. And to top it off, productive for the most part has meant being “mind productive” and not … Continue reading →

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Christmas Card Bliss

Posted on December 28, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Sending Christmas cards is an old fashioned tradition that seems to have fallen out of fashion as fewer and fewer people are taking the time to actually send Christmas cards. However, it is one of my favorite traditions as it … Continue reading →

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Traditional Bliss

Posted on December 25, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Traditions give us a foundation for the future, but they shouldn’t be so rigid that they keep us mired in the past. Our families traditions have evolved over the past twenty-one Christmases that John and I have been together. From … Continue reading →

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Lighting up bliss

Posted on December 25, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Since ancient times man has celebrated the winter solstice with pageants of light and hope. Yule is the shortest night of the year, but it is also the night that the days start growing incrementally longer. In the days before … Continue reading →

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Christkindlesmarkt Market

Posted on December 24, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

It was my last day of work for the year and after work, the kids and I headed downtown to visit Chicago’s Christkindlesmarkt. Like the famous Christmas Markets in Germany, Chicago’s Christmas Market is an outdoor market filled with trinkets … Continue reading →

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Driving Miss Bliss

Posted on December 22, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Teaching my son to drive was a hair raising (and graying) experience. It seemed as if I was constantly screeching at him to slow down, not drive so close to the parked cars, not stop so fast, not, not, not. … Continue reading →

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Karmic Bliss

Posted on December 22, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Many in the world believe in Karma, which is loosely defined as believing that your behavior governs what happens to you: you do good and good things come to you and you do bad and bad things come your way. … Continue reading →

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Ungrinching Bliss

Posted on December 20, 2009 by raine.clara.shakti

Christmas starts way too early in America with stores putting out decorations and doodads earlier and earlier each year. This year the earliest siting in my area was August when I happened to be in Hobby Lobby and they were … Continue reading →

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Breakfast Bliss