Monthly Archives: December 2013

“You guys, you guys, guess what happened last night!!!”   Zoey tore into the kitchen, her eyes shining and her long braids (sporting red bows with snowflakes on them, Molly noted) streaming out from under her hat. Schrodinger and Molly had been enjoying a late morning cup of tea, but they both turned to her …

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Sorry, guys.  Had a catastrophic laptop failure earlier, and it took a while for my old laptop to update.  But here’s today’s Advent story! *** She isn’t coming at all? Schrodinger said, dismay written large in both his voice and his body language.   Jack shook his head. Corinne said Lily needed a quiet day, …

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Molly heard them as soon as the front door opened. Both Zoey and Lily had spent the prior afternoon outside building snowmen and snow dragons with Ember and Old Man Winter, and by the coughing, it sounded like they’d both brought home colds. She sighed and shook her head.   “Don’t come in the kitchen,” …

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“Oh no!”   Zoey’s anguished wail echoed from the living room where all the kids had fallen asleep. Molly, sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, watched the snow continue to fall outside and smiled. They’d be coming in soon enough, she knew, as Lily’s voice joined Zoey’s.   And sure enough, …

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It looks like it did last year, Jack remarked, laying his head down on his paws. He and Schrodinger were lying on Schrodinger’s bed, watching the snow fall outside of the big windows at the front of CrossWinds Books. When Old Man Winter came around.   It snows every winter, Schrodinger replied sleepily. It was …

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“Do we have everything?” Drew asked, looking over the back of his Range Rover. Molly frowned, looking from the back of the car to the list in her hand, and back again.   “I think so,” she said finally, after counting the boxes three times. “Unless Sue forgot to put it on the list.”   …

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“Molly! You in here?”   Molly heard Lai’s voice cut through the instrumental Christmas carols from the radio and chuckled. Right on time, as always.   “Where else would I be?” she called back, mixing up another batch of scones. “Come on in!”   She knew, before they trooped in, that Lai wasn’t alone. They …

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“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this excited, Zoey!” her father said, chuckling as his daughter pulled them along the snowy sidewalk.   “It’s so cool, Dad! And you won’t believe it until you see it!” Zoey danced in front of them, her braids flying around her head. She’d requested white bows today, and …

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“Molly! Schrodinger! Look what St. Nicholas left me!”   Zoey burst into the kitchen at CrossWinds Books, waving a long, narrow package in the air. Her mother trailed behind her with an expression that was half amusement at her daughter, and half something else. Molly couldn’t quite put her finger on what that something else …

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Hurry, hurry! Schrodinger urged, looking over his shoulder at Zoey and Lily. Hurry!   “Why are we hurrying?” Zoey asked breathlessly as they ran after him. Jack was even further ahead, galloping for all he was worth.   “It must be something important!” Lily told her, taking her hand so they could run together.   …

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