From improving her painting to perfecting her garden, exploring family histories and reclaiming her mother’s art of tea-making, Alice celebrates the small acts that fill her days and make her happy.
Contents
Learning from the Elders page 9
As Time Goes By 11
Solitude 21
Let's Have a Cup of Tea 23
The Gift of a Book 29
My Beloved Comforter 39
Catch Your Hare 47
A Gaggle of Geese 55
History in Our Heads 63
Written in Stone 73
Gardening 83
A Little Bit of Heaven 85
Fake or Real? 91
The Scent of a Rose 101
Gatherings 109
And God Made Sunday 111
Separate Tables 121
Sign of the Times 129
Going the Distance 137
Challenges in Isolation 145
Grounded! 147
Storm in a Teacup 151
Not Now! 157
Changing Seasons 165
Goodbye, Goodbye to Summer 167
Flower Power 173
And Here Comes Christmas 181
The Highway to Santa 191
Releasing Happy Hormones 199
Baby, It's Cold Outside 205
Hope Springs Eternal 215
Roots 223
Afterword 233