For quite a few years now since my daughters left home, I have only done what I am moved to do.. Some years it is very little beyond making a wreath and hanging it up or taking out a few favorite decorations or making a few cards or nothing at all. My husband being of a very different culture thinks it’s all bizarre so I have no obligation to make magic for him or anyone.. tho I have delighted in leaving mysteriously a gift on someone’s doorstep..

I love that you and your family are retreating to the desert to be. Being is the most satisfying of all me thinks.💗