Quotes about New Year’s Eve “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.”– Brad Paisley “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”– William E. Vaughan Quotes about New Goals “Make January the month…
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Morning Has Broken – Celebrating the Light – Christmas in My Garden
Morning Has Broken – Jacki Kellum Acrylic Painting Study This piece says very much about me. I am always struggling to evoke the light. Morning breaks again and again. Regardless of the darkness in between, “Joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5 It’s Christmas Morning, and when I awoke this morning, it was still dark…
Advent Day 24 – Advent Is a Time of Preparation and a Time for New Beginnings – Isaiah’s Prophecy – John the Baptist Prepared for Jesus – Ways I Prepare During Advent
John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for…
An Introduction into the Life and Art of Vincent Van Gogh – His Quest to Find the Light
Self Portrait – Vincent Van Gogh Painted in 1887 – Months before Van Gogh Moved to Arles In Quest of the Kingdom of Light Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands but moved to Belgium in 1886. After studying art there, he moved to Paris to live with his brother Theo, who had encouraged…
Vincent Van Gogh in Arles – Letters to Theo September 1888 – The Place and Month He Painted Starry Night Over the Rhone
In September of 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night Over the Rhone, During the same month, he wrote a letter to his brother Theo, and he began trying to explain how his frame of mind had changed since his recent move to Arles. Because of his move to Arles, Vincent had begun to recognize…
How to Make an Advent Wreath from Stuff You Have at Home – Unplug the Perfect! Use Candles from the Dollar Store — It’s OK!
True Confession Time — This year, I could not find my Advent Wreath, and it was not until December 23 that I found my Advent Candles. This morning, on the day before Advent ends, I realized that I could have gone to the dollar store weeks ago, and I could have used any candles to…
An Old Book of Holidays & Feast Days January 1 – December 31 – Published in 1901
NEW YEAR’S DAY. “Little children are usually snug in bed when the first holiday of the year arrives. It comes at midnight when all is dark out of doors. Sometimes the weather is very cold, here in England, with snow upon the ground; and as it nears midnight on the 31st December there is a…