Today marks the beginning of the "New Year" to Christians around the globe; it is the first Sunday in Advent. Here in sunny Kettering, Ohio, it is nearly 55 degrees and the lady across the street is actually mowing her yard as I write this. Mowing, in December, in OHIO. My goal here is to jot down a few words on the matter. But first, I'll place a drop of Palo Santo on my hands, rub them together briskly to release the sequiterpenes and monoterpenes within the essential oil, and then I'll breathe in the richness of this lovely "Holy Wood" (literally, that's the translation, I'm not even trying to be poetic...) My mind clears, the droning of my neighbor's mower fades into the sounds of football dancing up the stairs from the living room. It all disappears and I am able to hear only my own breathing. My eyes closed I now imagine myself on a path in a forest. Here in this imaginary place, I breathe in the scent of Palo Santo a...
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