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There’s No Place Like Home
After being home for the better part of two uninterrupted weeks now, things are shaping up around here. I’m not bragging but by staying put, this woman has gotten bucket loads done. In thirteen short days, I have cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen (for the first time...
The Lars Affair
Some time back, I reviewed the DVD of the third season of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Well, my daughter and her fiance (now husband) got hooked on them, so in the weeks before the wedding we watched our way through seasons one and two also. We even started season four,...
Omelet in a Bag
As the school year starts, one of the best things parents can give their kids is a good breakfast. Of course, that’s easier said than done with crazy schedules. But this recipe is so fun it might capture your kids’ interest and appetites, even on a busy school day. Or...
Ant Envy
I am so jealous of our new swarm of neighbors. The Ants began digging their new digs over the weekend, and in a few short days their house was finished. Never mind that they tacky-fied the neighborhood, plopping their house a mere three feet from our kitchen door....
Gut Reaction
Ever since 1961, when I set foot in Franklin School as a kindergarten, the same its-almost-time-for-school-to-start-pit-in-the-stomach-reaction occurs at summer’s end. It doesn’t matter that I graduated from high school in 1974 and college in 1978. It doesn’t matter...
John Grogan Had No Say about Bad Dogs Have More Fun
As a fan of John Grogan, author of Marley and Me, I was pleased to find the audio version of Bad Dogs Have More Fun, a collection of his columns from the Philadelphia Inquirer. After listening to it, I was eager to give it a good review. But while doing research for...