What We Do

"Let the beauty we love,
be what we do." -Rumi

'Tis The Season

"Christmas!
The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given--when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes." ~ Joan Winmill Brown, American author and editor.

Snowing in Firenze

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But Most of All

I Wish You Love...

" I wish you bluebirds in the spring

To give your heart a song to sing

And then a kiss,

but more than this

I wish you love

And in July a lemonade

To cool you in some leafy glade

I wish you health

And more than wealth

I wish you love

I wish you shelter from the storm

A cozy fire to keep you warm

But most of all when snowflakes fall

I wish you love"

Oh The Weather Outside Is Chillin'

"Heap on the wood!

The wind is chill;

But let it whistle as it will,

We'll keep our Christmas merry still." -Sir Walter Scott

Baby, It's Cold Outside

" I really can't stay -

I've got to go away ...

evening has been -

been hoping that you'd drop in

So very nice - I'll hold your hands,

they're just like ice...

Listen to the fireplace roar...

So really I'd better scurry

Beautiful, please don't hurry

Well, Maybe just a half a drink more -

Put some music on while I pour...

No cabs to be had out there

Baby, it's cold outside

This welcome has been - I'm lucky that you dropped in

So nice and warm -- Look out the window at the storm...

Brr it's cold...It's cold out there ..

Baby it's cold outside"

Baby It's Cold Outside - a pop song with words and music by Frank Loesser. Loesser wrote the duet in 1944 and premiered the song with his wife at their Navarro Hotel housewarming party.

The Meaning of This Time

" What is Christmas?

It is tenderness for the past,

courage for the present,

hope for the future.

It is a fervent wish that every cup

may overflow with blessings rich and eternal,

and that every path may lead to peace."-Agnes M. Pharo