Simply this and..that....

A long journey today in driving horizontal rain and winds to the emergency dentist (don't ask!)

I was so glad to get home..

Does anyone else find these delicious ginger pepparkaka from Ikea addictive?

I find it very hard to stop at two!
 
(No connection with the visit to the dentist....well, maybe there is..)

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I usually review some favourite childrens' Christmas books about now and was interested in this article in the New York Times by Gretchen Rubin - mainly because I was surprised to find I know hardly any of these books. (More tomorrow.)

While browsing there, I came across this article entitled The Holidays After A Tragedy.

It is the winter solstice tomorrow, after which the days become, by tiny increments, longer.
 
Hurrah!