Christmas Blessings

Smilax rotundifolia vines climb between trees along Back River, near Jamestow Island, Christmas Day 2023.

“May the light illuminate your hearts and shine in your life every day of the year. May everlasting peace be yours and upon our Earth.”


Eileen Anglin

S. rotundifolia fruits

“December is full of the light and love that you can bring into your life.

A little reminder to be kind to yourself. You can chose to be stressed, or you can choose to let the small stuff go and be peaceful this Holiday season.

I hope you choose peace.”


Eileen Anglin

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”


Stephen King

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”


St. Francis of Assisi

Christmas morning, 2023, gazing out at Back River and Jamestown Island.

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