Happening at Epiphany

December 2024 We now enter the 4th and final “BER” of the year. The “BER” months are packed with holidays and festivals, each more joyous than the last. September is the quietest of the bunch, but it’s just the calm before the storm. For me, I call from “Halloween to Epiphany” the Marathon. October brought … [Read more…]

November 2024 November often blows in like a hurricane. Other times it lingers like the warmth of a sunny day. It’s a month that we reflect on our gratitude, family holidays, Homecoming football, as well the flip side that many days of November are bleary. November is derived from the Latin novem, meaning nine. November … [Read more…]

October 2024 October, it’s the season of colorful foliage, pumpkin spice lattes, cooler weather, football and the anticipation of Halloween. We get a front row seat to fall’s kaleidoscope of reds, oranges and yellows. October is derived from “Octo,” the Latin word for eight. Libra and Scorpio rule. Opal and Tourmaline are the birthstones: opal … [Read more…]

September 2024 That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air…Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. -Wallace Stegner Well, here we … [Read more…]

August 2024 The month that brings us the dog days of Summer: oh-joy!The month that has us beginning to wish for Fall weather.The month that gardeners get weepy eyed as their favorite plants turn brown and wither away, and, yes, already have their eyes on what Fall plants will be moving into those gardens and … [Read more…]