Now that I’m recovering from pneumonia and realizing Thanksgiving is just around the corner, I find myself nesting. The gloomy weather makes it easy to stay indoors, cleaning forgotten corners, sorting through that overstuffed drawer, and uncovering what’s hidden beneath and behind. How do things get so dusty? As much as I love my house, …
Tag: Quiet
Silent Night
Silent Night has long been a Christmas favorite. Did you know it started with a broken organ? A broken church organ in an Austrian town more than 200 years ago. The words were penned by a young priest in Oberndorf, a reflection on the night angels announced the birth of the long-awaited Messiah to shepherds on a hillside. He wanted the poem set to music for Christmas Eve mass. But the church …