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Christmas at Kinloch- November 2021

#christmas at kinloch #christmas music #merry christmas #happy christmas #happy holidays #seasons greetings #dulcimer #hammered dulcimer #holiday music

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Matcha Crinkle Cookies 🍵🍪

#christmas #matcha #cookies

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Sleepers Awake- January 2021

#sleepers awake #bach #classical music #christmas music #merry christmas #happy christmas #happy holidays

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Once in Royal David’s City- December 2020

#once in royal david's city #christmas #merry christmas #happy christmas #happy holidays #christmas music #hymn #music #hammered dulcimer #dulcimer

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In The Bleak Midwinter- December 2020

#in the bleak midwinter #christmas #merry christmas #happy holidays #hammered dulcimer #dulcimer #christmas music

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The Holly and the Ivy- December 2020

#christmas #the holly and the ivy #hammered dulcimer #dulcimer #christmas music #merry christmas #happy christmas #happy holidays

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What Child is This?- November 2020

#what child is this #greensleeves #merry christmas #happy christmas #christmas music #xmas #xmas music #hammered dulcimer #dulcimer #hammer dulcimer #holiday music #aestethic #christmas aesthetic #happy holidays

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Candy Cane Shenanigans

I live in a stereotypical  Small Town™. Everyone knows (or at least recognizes) everyone else, we smile and say hello to each other as we walk by, and we call our downtown area The Village Beautiful (no joke). As a teacher, I can’t go to the store without running into at least one parent of a student I’ve taught or am currently teaching, and I often run into my students biking or walking around with their friends when I’m out for a run. It’s a great place.

Along with all the craft fairs and bake sales that are hosted throughout the year by various churches and schools, my town also holds an annual holiday walk at the beginning of December. For those of you who don’t know what a holiday walk is, it’s basically a collection of winter themed events taking place on a main street in town throughout a day (or evening—some areas call it First Night). There’s usually caroling, cookie decorating, free cocoa, and so on. My particular town’s Holiday Walk starts with a 5k in the morning, and then progresses into the kids’ crafts, a few charity raffles, some food related events, and then finishes up with a costumed dog parade, and a reading of A Christmas Carol at one of the local restaurants. It’s always a good time.

This year, my mother drove up to go to the walk with me. As you may suspect, the dog parade is the highlight of the day. So, after puttering around the raffles in the early afternoon and checking out a soup tasting, we found our spot on the sidewalk and waited for the parade to begin. The dogs, as always, were magnificent. They were dressed up in ribbons, as elves, in reindeer antlers and in yarmulkes. My personal favorites were a St. Bernard pulling a small wheeled sleigh and a tiny Chihuahua dressed as Santa. However, our dog parade is all inclusive. So, along with the dogs were also a few miniature horses from the local farms, the school marching band, the local veterans, and Santa on a firetruck bringing up the rear.    

During the parade, it’s not unusual for the people marching to hand out candy or plastic necklaces to people watching from the sidewalk. So, sometime around half way through the parade, one of the kids marching with her dog handed me a candy cane.

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#yearly reblog #merry christmas #candy cane #prank #i didn't mean it to be a prank

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vanilla gingerbread latte | half-baked harvest

#coffee #christmas

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Carol of the Bells- December 2023

#hammered dulcimer #dulcimer #hammer dulcimer #merry christmas #christmas #christmas music #traditional music #traditional instrument #xmas #xmas music #christmas aesthetic #Youtube

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Shout out to the kid who walked up to me in library today and told me with utmost seriousness, "Ken's job is just beach," before continuing on his way.

That kid wins library today.

#library side of tumblr #barbie movie #ken #school library #elementary school #elementary library #elementary librarian

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🍱 🍣 👌 📸from Instagram: @lasushi.delivery

#sushi

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Blueberry Streusel Muffins

#yum #recipe #yes please #blueberry muffins #streusel

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#umeboshi #yes please

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#apples #fall