Total Lunar Eclipse!

This year wraps up with a rare event! A total lunar eclipse—of the full Moon—on the winter solstice! A triple whammy!

Delightfully, this eclipse will be fully visible from North America. The partial eclipse begins in the wee hours of December 21 at 1:32 A.M. (ET) with totality starting at 2:40 A.M. (For those on the West cost, the show begins on the 20th!)

With the total eclipse, we will enjoy a celestial canvas of superb beauty. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon. In this alignment, the shadow of the Earth falls upon the Moon, dimming the Moon and giving it unusual coloring, ranging from muted gray to coppery orange.

While every eclipse is special, this one is attended by many stars and constellations that are beautiful in their own right. See more—plus, a special Sky Map!

From "The Old Farmer's Almanac"

The Christmas Police...

Guess what – there is no Christmas police.

You can decide not to…

• Bake cookies
• Put up a tree
• Decorate
• Spend more than you have on gifts
• Make your own stockings
• Stay up to midnight finishing homemade gifts
• Cook twice as much as you need
• Go to the party

If it doesn’t matter to you or your family you can say no. And if your family says it all matters, ask them what matters most. (If it truly, truly matters to them they can always do it themselves.)

You can decide to…

• Celebrate with just your immediate family
• Make one kind of cookie
• Ask for help with the holiday dinner
• Spend the night in
• Finish up things after Christmas
• Enjoy
• Laugh
• Connect

Breathe and let go.

this is an excerpt from "My Simple Life" check it out.

photo from Red Brolly Quilts.