We've got two more days before JRiver breaks for Xmas and New Year's. We'll be back to work on January 4th.
Hanukkah's over, but a friend just gave me some challah bread that's traditional for Hanukkah. Tasty, something like the dinner rolls my aunts would serve.
We've been challenged this year, but we're getting through it. On the radio today, someone said we're in the 4th inning of a baseball game. We're learning more about the meaning of patience.
I've tried to give what I can. A $10 tip at the MacDonald's drive through got a big smile today. I gave a friend some money for Xmas gifts for his family. He's given me far more over the years.
This week, I gave myself a gift. I pulled an old Scandinavian wood stove out of storage and connected it to my fireplace.
In my 30's, I had a wood stove store and sold a couple hundred every year for about five years. I heated my house with two of them for 18 years, rocking my kids to sleep next to one, but I haven't had a stove going in my house for about 25 years.
My mom bought the one I still have. It's a Lange 6302A, made in Denmark. It has a red porcelain finish that darkens a little when it heats up. It has a scene with
St. Hubertus on the side.
It's a pleasure to have it going again.
I wish you all the very best in the days and months to come. Happy Holidays!
