November 27 = First Sunday in Advent, traditional time of quiet preparation and reflection.
I love the centuries-old traditions that give me a wholesome balance and rhythm to the year.
The "Charlie Brown tree" reminds me of selecting a pine-branch to cut down on the farm years ago, looks splendid when it's up in the air but you get it down and find it's "got about two green bits on it" as my cousin observed
