Sounds like you’re enjoying the last few days of the year! Nature is definitely confused due to climate change. It has been raining in Minnesota. At least the snow lasted through Christmas.

How fun! What a cool tradition and a great way to collect more silver.

Great photos. I love street photography. I also really enjoyed all your commentary about each photo! It’s so interesting what makes people wary and what causes them to be intrigued. Perhaps we all secretly

Beautiful story, @kei2. This one made me cry! And it’s a reminder that the spirits of those we have lost are always with us.

This is an incredible creative nonfiction piece, @agmoore. It made me cry because... well, for so many reasons. It takes me back to my own relationship with my mother, of course, and to certain regrets.

I love it! You're so talented. And it's neat to see how one garment can be so versatile!

Yes we have quite opposite seasons, @joanstewart! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Thank you, @elizabethbit! Happy Holidays!

Back at you, @silvertop, and thank you for all your comments and support in 3024!

Beautiful flowers! And the cicada is really interesting too. It is winter where I live, so we have snow instead of flowers!

Yes, we just got about five or six inches of snow a few days ago. We are all giddy! It looks like it will stick around for Christmas!

Oh shoot! Sometimes you have to do something the wrong way to figure out how to do it the right way!

Hi @osomar357. I never got to read the story before you took it down. You self-censored. 😄 I hope I can help clarify some things. The situation here is that we have to be true to the spirit of our community.

I love the decorations this time of year too. Especially all the holiday lights during the shortest days of the year!

Oh that's good to hear about the updates! Maybe that was part of the problem. Thanks @silvertop!

Thank you!

Welcome to The Ink Well, @whatmidesays, and Happy Birthday! You seem like a person who gains great wisdom from life's speed bumps and hurdles. I enjoyed your writing style in this story very much. I look

This is an inspiring story, @lrscarmen. I think people who go through life with very little money tend to be good at finding ways to live a good life and to give to others.

I had a very similar experience when my children were young. All around me were judgmental, watchful eyes. People never think twice about telling a woman how to raise her own child, as if she hasn't got

So many yummy things! Maybe I will make some lemon curd for Christmas gifts. You have inspired me!