New Year, New Hope

The phrase 'New Year, New You' dominates our mailing lists and social media feeds. As if our past experiences are empty shells to be thrown away like garbage, our previous selves erased and rebooted.

boxing day

Boxing Day is a secular holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom, and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire.

Boxing Day History

Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or two days later.

In some European countries, such as Romania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day.

Oxford Street Shopping

In the liturgical calendar of Western Christianity, Boxing Day is the second day of Christmastide, and also Saint Stephen's Day.

There are competing theories for the origins of the term, none of which are definitive. 

Christmas lights at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens

It's always a whirlwind when the family comes to town. In this case we had some relatives briefly staying in Edinburgh before going home to the Philippines for Christmas, and we came up to see the sights with them for a weekend. And luckily it was Christmas at the Botanics!

mapping the heavens

The the Geminid meteor shower will be gracing our wintry sky once again this December 13 and 14.

Along with the Wirtanen Comet or Comet 49P which will be only seven million miles from Earth on December 16. Close enough to allow us to see it.

Jamieson's Celestial Atlas, 1822

The advent of these dazzling cosmic bodies are the perfect opportunity for wonder | wander | women to geek out on our love of old illustrated atlases of yore.

living with buildings

It's safe to say that wonder | wander | women like buildings.

We really, really like buildings. Especially weird little buildings.