Final Days of Christmas

We have three days of Christmas left! By now, most people are fed up with holidays and ready to get back to "normalcy" - but I'm holding on for my full 12-days-worth.

Agenda:

1. Christmas retreat

2. Integrity reading

3. Clarify my motivations

4. Prayer candle ceremony

5. Clean and clear the kitchen

Kakizome Day

Today is Kakizome Day; kakizome means "first writing". Today people all over Japan will take time to use a brush and sumi ink to write out a favorite quote or phrase - the first calligraphy of the new year. Kakizome is a way to express your positive wishes for the New Year. 

Agenda:

1. Christmas retreat

2. Discernment reading

3. Year of Being Rooted

4. Practice my calligraphy

5. Wassail my apple tree!