December has faded and has taken with her the colored lights and shiny bows and gold sequins. Finding it hard to hold your head up, keep your mental and physical health and that much needed drive at work? Seriously, who likes January? As we box up our Santas, store the wrapping paper for another year, place all the ornaments in the attic, we need something to help us out of the doldrums, right? My suggestion: keep your outside lights lit!
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My Favorite Days of 2011
Is it me or did 2011 sweep by all in a flash? A whirlwind year! But today, on the eve of a new year, I can’t help but look back and linger on all my favorite days, for after all, “Nature’s first green is gold/Her hardest hue to hold” (Frost).
The Joy of Cooking… Cookies!
The Joy of Cooking is the hands-down best all-time cookbook to look through for all your traditional Holiday cookie recipes. Since it’s 
general publication in the 1930’s serious chefs, along side of everyday housewives, have all relied on its advice. Since the first edition, there have been several incarnations of this cookbook, but the following quoted advice and cookie recipes come from the 1975 publication.
