The holidays for me mean watching a lot of fine television and film with my son and TV writing partner, Christopher Rice, and beloved friend Eric Shaw Quinn, and other family. So I find articles like this helpful and interesting. And boy, do I ever recommend "Moonlight." Go see "Moonlight." It is not always easy to watch; it has pain and beauty; anguish and wisdom. But it is a GREAT film. Barry Jenkins deserves accolades, awards, support, encouragement and the brass ring.

To clarify an earlier post, ladies and gentlemen. Irish Spring soap is recommended by many for "restless leg syndrome." You place it under the fitted top sheet of your bed, on top of the mattress so that the sheet holds the soap in place. You place it near the foot of the bed. And you change the soap periodically to keep it fresh. Some recommend Lavender soap for this. Some recommend Ivory. Many say this works. Some think it may have to do with the aroma of the soap. Some think it works due to a chemical in the soap. The mechanism that produces results is not known. And I can find nothing on anyone studying it. What I do find is abundant evidence that it works for people.

Thanks to our beloved Lynda Sajovic for this inspiring story from Scientific American.

How many of you have put bars of soap in your beds to cure restless leg syndrome? I'm serious. Don't laugh. I just discovered that this is a widespread "cure" for restless leg syndrome which by the way can drive one nuts. Soap of choice? Irish Spring for many. Lavender soap for some. Ivory soap for some. I tried it last night with Irish Spring. Seems to work. I've been searching the net for info on this ---- I stumbled on the idea only yesterday ---- and I'm fascinated by the question. What are your thoughts?

How many years have I posted this? Enjoy:

Good Morning, People of the Page. Merry Christmas to you all wherever your are in the world. Christmas Eve to me is like New Years to many others, the day on which the world...at midnight..is born anew. I hope you are celebrating the holidays as we are...being together with those you love, feasting, having fun.

From the New York Times: "Artists We Lost in 2016"

"The Wolves of Midwinter" is my only full dress supernatural Christmas novel, during which my werewolves celebrate both Christmas with their mortal friends, and Yule with one another(and other immortals) in the depths of the northern redwood forest. It's available now on kindle and in paperback, and it is still available in hardcover too. See this link.

Just saw "Moonlight" -- written and directed by Barry Jenkins, starring Trevante Rhodes and other fine actors. Fantastic. More pain and tragedy and truth in one film than the soul can quite bear. Beautiful. --- Just beautiful. I feel that it is in art like this that we save ourselves. When politics disappoints us, when our country surprises us, when we are numbed and discouraged by "current events," it is in art like "Moonlight" that we save our souls. Can't praise the film enough. "In theaters now" as they say...and for always.

Hardcover of "Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis" is available for $13.60 on Amazon (with delivery tomorrow for an added fee). I just happened to see this! Quite a Christmas offer. The kindle is $9.99.

Once again, allow me to invite all of you to the new Vampire Chronicles FB page where Christopher and I will be taking note of ALL comments from readers on what they hope to see in the Vampire Chronicles Television series. Note the blue check mark authenticating the page. As we both post there, I identify myself as Anne or AR when I post. Do give the page a look. We should have a new banner for it shortly as Becket is back from his honeymoon and hard at work on it for us.