A Place Like This

Tag: Gnomes

  • Gnome Week: Game Day

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    Valarie Budayr
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    ~ Now the night is nigh its noon     Nimble gnomes beneath the moon ~       It is a winter's evening and there is much time to be together.  All in one place, we have listened to our nightly book.   In Jul time, gnomes love to play games. This evening laid out…

  • Mormor’s Chocolate Cake Cookies

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Every year a well stuffed box, wrapped in brown paper, would arrive at our home from Gotland Sweden,just days before Christmas. In it were lovely knitted items and my grandmother's (mormor) famous chocolate cake cookies. Mom would immediately grab the wodded up newspaper pieces which had been used as packing material. Diligently ,she would start pressing…