Archive for December, 2025

The Joy of Christmas

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Dec 25th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When the angels went away from them to heaven,the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehemto see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, …



The Joy of Christmas

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Dec 25th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When the angels went away from them to heaven,the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehemto see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, …



Happy Holidays 2025

By From https://blog.odonnellweb.com • Dec 25th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

christmas card featuring northern cardinal on branch with snow
On to bigger and better things in 2026. If you are celebrating something, happy holidays! If not, happy Thursday!



Happy Holidays 2025

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Dec 25th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It wasn’t the best of times or the worst of times. Well, it might be the worst of times.



Happy Holidays 2025

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Dec 25th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It wasn’t the best of times or the worst of times. Well, it might be the worst of times.



A Christmas Eve Eve Smoke: Oliva Serie V 135th Anniversary

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Dec 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s the calm before the storm. The evening before Christmas Eve is a moment I especially look forward to and savor. Once the Feast of Christmas arrives, the house comes alive with activity — family, food, drink, and all the merriment that accompanies …



A Christmas Eve Eve Smoke: Oliva Serie V 135th Anniversary

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Dec 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s the calm before the storm. The evening before Christmas Eve is a moment I especially look forward to and savor. Once the Feast of Christmas arrives, the house comes alive with activity — family, food, drink, and all the merriment that accompanies …



Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

By From https://blog.odonnellweb.com • Dec 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil last night. It ends up being a good book, but it takes a while to get there. It’s a narrative non-fiction story covering an alleged murder in Savannah, GA. The book is highly atmospheric in a Southe…



Best Books of 2025

By From https://blog.odonnellweb.com • Dec 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I have 46 books on the books page for 2025. Several are DNFs, and there are probably 5 more in-progress books that never made it to the page. These were my favorites. Reviews are all on the 2025 books page, so I’m not repeating them here.
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Best Books of 2025

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Dec 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I read, or recorded here, 46 books this year. I probably started about 55 books.