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!

Lovely! It has a very nice cadence and imagery.

It’s so great to get through that procedure and out the other side! I just went through it recently. Like you, nothing creepy or concerning was found, and I don’t have to do it again for 10 years! Glad

Yes, I'm surprised not to see more runners at that park!

I agree, it really is pretty, even with the bare trees.

Yes there's definitely some ice there in the pictures. This picture was taken in the thaw after a deep freeeze, so it felt like spring!

The recipe looks delicious! Sounds like you are reciv from a health issue. I wish you renewed health and continued healing!

Wow, your knitting is gorgeous!

Pretty Christmas lights and decorations! I love that about this season. I am also helping to sponsor a family for Christmas. It’s such a good feeling, and I really enjoyed shopping for a baby girl. I hope