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Top 10 Reasons for Hit and Miss Blogging
Gravel Road posts have been a bit spotty for a few weeks. Here are the top 10 reasons why. 10. Two to three hand therapy appointments a week. 9. Fifteen minutes worth of hand therapy exercises every two hours during the day. 8. Christmas shopping and present...
Sibling Teasery
Sibling rivalry isn't a big thing in my family. We're more into sibling teasery, as my arrival at my brother's home on Thanksgiving demonstrated. I should have known something was up when my brother greeted me at the door. He was the model of politeness, taking the...
Grandma Josie’s Tapioca Fruit Salad
Our extended family is celebrating both Thanksgiving and Christmas this weekend. That means I'm making Grandma Josie's tapioca fruit salad. We only make this versatile dish–it works as a side dish, dessert, or breakfast food–for Christmas and eat it as greedily as...
Top Ten Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving is all about tradition...at least at our house. Here are ten of our top traditions in the order in which they occur. 10. All the dog owners bring their dogs to keep the kitchen floor clean. 9. Generations (4 this year) mingle together creating new links...
On the Street Where I Lived
A week ago today I visited the home where my family lived from 1961 through 1965. The molding above the front door where my sister and I posed in our Christmas best was still there, more lovely than I remembered. The corner where a Westmar college student snapped a...
A Little Shellacking on this Fantastic Friday
Today's the last day I'm in my home town. I walked by the house where I grew up and where Dad encouraged me to play fast and loose with shellack. This Fantastic Friday post revisits that memory and one of my few bonding moments with President Obama. shellacking:...