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12/14/2025 It’s so typical to write about this time of year, simply because it is "this" time of year. Everyone—or most everyone—is excited, whether they want “it” to be here or not, whether they’re happy or desperately miserable, excited for good, or for bad. All Christians have a strong feeling about this season, and because the world has so many Christians, that atmosphere spreads to cover the globe like a cloud. But even beyond Christianity—no matter what religion you ar

The Girl from Ipanema When I began building this website and arrived at the blog section, I saw the image of coconut trees with the words Girl from Ipanema . Instantly, I was transported back to the days when that song first came out, when everyone knew the story—the romance between the singer, her husband, and the American jazz musician who traveled there, stirred up excitement, and helped make her a star. Eventually, as the story went, he carried her off to the United State