Description: #Audio. #Blog Sheridan’s: an Irish whiskey drink I first tasted in Mexico. Excerpt: And you can’t buy it in the states. So every time I visit my mother in Mexico, I make sure to have enough pesos leftover to buy a bottle of Sheridan’s and ...

Description: #Audio. #Blog Tree toppers, as requested by Nuchtchas. Excerpt: Two trees means two tree toppers. The main tree, which is seven-and-a-half feet tall and is in the dining room, has a traditional angel on top. For the longest time,

Description: #Audio. #Prayer A series of advent prayers, for each of us, and for the world. Excerpt: In this holiday season, May the darkness of winter Be dispelled in this festival of lights, And may the darkness of ignorance Be dispelled in the stren...

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic. Zoe catches her parents in a compromising position, and Basil helps her process. Excerpt: “Let me put it this way… you know the song ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus?’” Zoe waited for partner to nod. Then she continued.

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic. Teenagers, magic, and Christmas don’t always go together so well. Excerpt: Helen chuckled. “Oh, if only. Just think how much easier life would be without your friends constantly asking if you could just make their homewo...

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic. A mermaid finds the perfect gift for her lover. Excerpt: Studying her work, Harmony moved a shell one level higher and replaced it with a piece of blue sea glass. Blue and red were her favorites,

Description: #Audio. #Blog. A brief look at stockings. Excerpt: But this year is different. This year I bought new stockings. This year, I’m trying to retain our most important family traditions, but alter them enough that the absence of my stepfather ...

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic Elizabeth asks for a story on Christmas Eve. Excerpt: They could have gone to mass at the local church, as they always did. St. Agnes had been the family’s parish of choice for decades. It was an old building,

  Description: #Audio. #Flashfic Jane is alone for Christmas this year… isn’t she? Excerpt: Barely five feet tall, the tree stood in the center of the bay window that gave Jane’s living room much of its charm.

Description: #Audio. #Essay Christmases in La Paz  ***Apologies*** My voice still isn’t 100%. Excerpt: We spend Christmas Eve decorating cheap felt stockings with puffy paints, while we listen to the Lessons and Carols service from England streaming ov...