That picture above is the sort of thing I would like to see when I look out of my window. It is December, after all. But it’s much too warm here even for flurries. Maybe by the time the solstice gets here in a couple of weeks, but it doesn’t look promising–we haven’t had a really great snow in a couple of winters. Most likely, our holiday lights will look like this, only without the nifty reflections on water, as our tree in the front yard is surrounded by the greenish-brown of the lawn this time of year:
That is actually one of my favorite places to go over the holidays, Longwood Gardens. They always have a gorgeous light display, and if you time your visit right, you won’t be shoulder to shoulder with a thousand other people hoping to look at the pretty lights, too. I think our visit this year, though, isn’t going to happen till the end of the display in January.
Instead of the writing I planned to be doing today, I’ve spent most of the day working on social media things. That will make it easier for you all to find me and interact, but it didn’t put words on my pages. I think I need a clone. Maybe just from October through January. Then I can get everything done. That isn’t one of my holiday wishes, though.
I wish there wasn’t always so much horror on the evening news, though wishing won’t help that–that’s why I vote at every opportunity and write letters to politicians who probably dread seeing my email in their inbox again.
I wish we all had as much reading time as we wanted–without it wreaking havoc in our lives in any way, like day-jobs.
I wish some of my favorite authors wrote more frequently than they do–I realized about two months ago that it has been an eon since I had a new Linda Howard book to read.
I wish you could see my pretty, redesigned website. Oh, but you will, very shortly! My web designer is making some final tweaks, and then I am going to have a fun little party on my Facebook page to celebrate.
I also wish some of you will come out to see me on Valentine’s Day weekend at a booksigning. I’ll post details a little closer to the actual event, but south-central Pennsylvania, I’ll be signing with a great bunch of authors, just like last year on Valentine’s Day, and I can’t wait to meet you, and to see some of you again!
I wish a couple of Santa’s elves would come down from the North pole to do my holiday baking. I know. They’ll be too busy packing the sleigh. Maybe I can put in a request now for next year…
What are some of your wishes for the holiday season?
Happy reading!
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