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Better than a Hallmark Perfect Christmas
In my book, this past month did not qualify as a Hallmark perfect Christmas. Too many friends experienced too many tragedies too close to the holidays. One friend lost her husband to a brain aneurysm. He was only two years younger than my husband. Two of her sons were...
Time for a Facelift
Apparently, I didn't think getting ready for Christmas, scheduling a blog tour for Different Dream Parenting, doing a half-dozen author radio interviews, and helping the kids move to Wisconsin was enough to keep me busy this month. Otherwise, why would I schedule two...
Pasta Frittata
All our kids will be here in a few days (two are here already), so the hunt for tasty vegetarian recipes is on. I found this one while visiting my sister over Thanksgiving. It comes from the November 24, 2011 issue of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The recipe did...
Beware the Ides of January
Ever since discovering my 2012 DayRunner Day-at-a-Glance refill pack was defective I’ve been paranoid about the ides of January. The paranoia didn’t set in when I first discovered the pages for January 6 through 22 were missing, but duplicates for the 23rd through the...
What Do You Want for Christmas?
I have asked Mom that question twice in the last two weeks and received the same answer both times. “I don’t know. I don’t really need anything.” But what she means is this: “When you give me stuff, I worry about what to do with it. Being a Depression era child, I...
You Can Have Your Biscotti and Eat It, Too
Today’s recipe is dedicated to disproving one of those Debbie Downer cliches that put the poop in any party. You know the kind of people I’m talking about. Thomas Wolfe and his you can’t go home again nonsense. Murphy’s law. Our parents’...