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What's the hardest thing you've ever wrapped?
I'm 90% finished with my Christmas shopping, so that means there will be a wrapping fest this coming weekend. I enjoy wrapping packages--I love picking out paper and I use real ribbon that recipients can actually untie (and save to reuse!). But I think all of us have...
What's in your attic?
This past weekend we cleaned out my mother-in-law's attic. There were a few pieces of furniture, Christmas decorations, blankets, hats (which I tried on), a screen door (!), luggage, boxes of cancelled checks from the 70s and a box of my husband's boyhood junk. Here's...
On the Occasion of My 40th Birthday
Well that's done! I can check turning 40 off my list of things to do. And honestly, it was a wonderful birthday. Co-workers decorated my office with balloons, signs and lots of 40-themed stuff. Friends took me to lunch and baked me a cake. Family members called to...
The Measure of a Book
I just finished The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist, who writes historical romance. Set in the early, gold rush days of San Francisco, I get the feeling that Gist is an impeccable researcher. But what really appealed to me about this novel is how real it is....
What's Your Purpose?
On Sunday, Thistle and I were walking off some of our Thanksgiving excess when she spotted a green, plastic cup on the side of the road. She often snags bits of trash and either shred them on the spot, or takes them home in hopes of shredding them there at her...
Black Fridays & Blue Laws
There's been quite a bit of news coverage of the way Black Friday has started to bleed over into Thanksgiving Day. A number of retailers were open well before midnight on Thursday. There's been criticism of consumerism, talk of the bad economy and even some employees...
What I have to say about giving thanks . . .
Turkey, pie, family tensions, shopping, Christmas decorations, time away from work, kids out of school . . . the next few days will encompass quite a bit. It's SO easy to forget that in 1789 President George Washington declared the last Thursday in November to be "a...
What others have said about giving thanks . . .
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace...
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