~”Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells…”

I’m in a Christmas mood lately. I’m not sure why. Maybe because it’s finally started to get really hot outside? I keep singing Christmas songs (just ask my sister, I’ve been driving her nuts!) and I started practicing a Christmas song on the piano. Further, this has my brain working:

“The clouds hung heavily over Evergreen, nearly burying the tiny town under their oppressive folds. The barren trees lining the streets, groaned and trembled under their heavy burdens of white, as snow mercilessly continued to add to their great weight. Snowplows had cleared the asphalt-covered streets, but even they couldn’t prevent new snow from taking the place of the old or ice from creating danger zones nearly invisible to even the most cautious drivers.

The sidewalks looked like melted Rocky Road ice cream – a curious mixture of snow, mud and ice, so often trampled, melted and refrozen as to make each element inseparable from the others.

Icicles dangled precariously from slanted roofs, mingling with brightly colored lights and Christmas decorations. The decorations gave a sense of holiday cheer to the atmosphere despite the filthy pathways and rundown buildings.”

That just makes 110 degrees feel even hotter by comparison! It’s an excerpt from one of the books I’m writing: 24 Days Before Christmas. I had started it last December – or actually, very late November, but with moving and everything, it got put on hold. I thought I would wait until next Christmas to continue it, but now I’m not so sure. It looks so fun and it’s different than some of my other books. Besides, it has such a bright and cheery theme – well, besides the murder mystery…  I’m just not convinced though, that I can write the story without listening to Christmas music… hmm… If I can overcome that obstacle, I might have this book finished by the end of the Summer…If I decide to work on it. Grandmother’s Letters could really use my attention about now too and it’s actually set in the Summer right now! I’m not sure what to do… Maybe I’ll decide while I work on cleaning up the kitchen…

To the KING be all the glory!