When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an
Category: be kind to yourself
On the Sixth Day of Xmas: A different wonderland
You are probably scratching your head and wondering what you are about to get yourself into with a title like this. No, it hasn’t snowed
On The Fifth Day of Xmas: Death by Chocolate
As I revealed yesterday, cookie baking is neither my forte nor my passion, actually baking in general. Some people were simply born to be pastry
On the Second Day of Xmas: The Strudel Principle
Today being the third Sunday of Advent, in the Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran tradition it is Gaudete Sunday, also referred to a Shepherd’s Sunday or
Those Despicable Year-End Letters (2020 version)
Here I go again. If you have been following the FrogBlog for a few years, you will know that this topic inevitably pops up, because
Christmas Traditions we torture ourselves with… why?
I’ve been wondering about a whole list of things I grew up with or ended up adding the family traditions simply because “it’s what we
