this world and the way it works
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Remember a couple of weeks ago when the snow stayed off the sidewalks? Well.
There might still come another two inches to cover the grass and turn this into a white Christmas, but I will live without it. In the meantime, I have a particular Christmas song in my head, the only one I know that mentions Saturday Night Live, in homage to my aunt Karen, who loved David Cassidy growing up, and my mother who gamely shared a room with her and tolerated David Cassidy pinups because she loved her sister, and my grandmother who lost both of her daughters but learned to let the rest of us light her up. May your life be filled with sunshine, may your every wish come true, may you find a sweet fulfillment in everything you do. That’s Christmas talk, sure, but it’s Tuesday talk and March talk and birthday talk and it is eminently suited for days when everything you touch turns into a white sidewalk of sloppiness.
The angel on my shoulder says Walk in the grass, then, girl, you won’t melt. Or maybe you will, ha ha! It gets away with anything it likes and has taken to smoking Parliaments.
Christmas doesn’t mean the same when so many of the people who were at your childhood table aren’t there anymore. It just doesn’t. But it means something new, something you don’t absorb blindly because tradition makes it so. It evolves, lets in new family members, glows with LED instead of whatever we call those strings of lights I grew up with. I will spend it doing things I’ve put off, putting the year to rights and then putting it to rest, learning to get rid of the vignetting that comes along with this lens or learning to love it. I will perfect my fig vinaigrette. It might not look like celebrating to anyone who requires decorations to see Christmas, but it is, I promise you, I promise. It is as close as I come to Snoopy-dancing.
Reader Comments (8)
Wishing all the love and the warmth in the world to you this Christmas season.
I think this is a gorgeous idea. I hope that amidst all of your plans, some delicious Christmas treats and surprises find you too. HUGS! :)
Snoopy dancing! Love it. May we all find something to Snoopy dance about - even if it doesn't make sense to anyone else.
I want fig vinaigrette!! I love fig. I wonder how it tastes as a vinaigrette! Pictures please and a description of the flavor. There is always an occasion to Snoopy Dance. ALWAYS. Merry Christmas my dear dear friend!
Lovely! Wonderful image and I love what it represents for you. Loved the shout-out to Snoopy dancing too. My daughters do the Snoopy dance!
I think your holidays sound just lovely. Happiest of Happy Holidays, Kim. Love and hugs.
Oh Snoopy... You, me and the LED lights. This will be a very good Christmas.
I miss you. Here, there and everywhere.