Dec 24 2021
Eve
On Christmas Eve, I stopped by the Village to pick up a few things. It was pouring as I headed down the Ridge, and I wondered whether I really needed the things I was planning to buy. By the time I reached the grocery store in the Village, it had stopped raining.
I ran into my friend Erin in the store. She, too, was shopping for last minute groceries. It was nice to take a couple of minutes to catch up and enjoy each other’s company. I like living in a place where I can randomly run into friends and neighbors, even if I am not wearing make-up and/or am oddly attired, as sometimes happens on last-minute store runs.
As I headed back to the car, the weather reminded me that in any situation, it’s all in how you look at things, whether you look on the stormy side:
or the bright side:
I took these photos at the same place, the cloudy ones looking west toward the sea and the Village photos looking east. It makes me happy to know that the Village looks much as it did 100 years ago, and to think of the generations that have celebrated together in this beautiful place.
A YEAR AGO: Christmas memories.
FIVE YEARS AGO: Getting ready.
TEN YEARS AGO: Unexpected Christmas guests.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: Christmas sparkle never goes out of style.
TWENTY YEARS AGO: Our 11th anniversary. Nice to see Dad’s notes and those photos. And to know that 20 years later, John and I are still there for each other and always will be.
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