It's Christmas time
Yesterday I went to the Harrisburg PA farm show complex with a couple of dear friends. We walked into the massive building and the organic odors of animals greeted us with a firm handshake. We were there for the Christmas craft show. We walked up and down crowded aisles filled with arts and crafts, both ordinary and remarkable. There were twinkling lights and scarves and toys and treats and it went on and on and on. I wanted so many things. There was a lady there painting with needle and thread on silk. The threaded art was truly amazing. There were these guys selling spa stones that could file your nails and remove the very hair on your legs!! Crazy! There was a man from Alabama selling the most remarkable knives that cut through squash like it was butter. I know Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of our savior but I found myself longing for the material things all around. I found myself wrapped up in a delicious melody sung by the craft booth sirens wanting to s