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Top Ten Things About the Last Week of February
10. Hopefully, it's the perfect time to cut slips from the heritage geranium and root them in water. 9. The sun starts doing it's morning thing around 6:30, 8. and the light doesn't fade completely until after 6:00 in the evening, 7. because the 2–3 inches of...
Monkey Business
Today's post is devoted to monkey business, courtesy of the email marketing service, Mail Chimp. That's the service I use for a quarterly newsletter at Different Dream, my special needs website. The company held a drawing and pulled our my name as the winner Freddie,...
Broccoli Obama and Other Presidental Trivia
Last Sunday, I created a lesson for an evening activity for kids at our church. The task unleashed my latent school teacher. By the time the kids arrived, I was armed and dangerous. I had a plethora of Presidents' Day trivia about Washington and Lincoln as well as...
Kung Pao Chicken for Two
Today's recipe injected a ray of sunshine into February's winter-induced gloom at our house. It comes from Deborah Vogts' Country at Heart blog, which features recipes by many of her fellow authors. Bonnie Doran submitted the original recipe for two. Other than adding...
Top Ten Things to Love about Being a Writer
10. Writing often feels like Show and Tell felt in elementary school...when you knew your show and tell item would be the talk of the playground at recess. 9. Having our books on library shelves is as exciting as meeting Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, or Derek...
Winners, Every One
The armchair Olympics are in full swing on our little gravel road. We've been twirling in the air, slicing down the ski slopes, gliding across the ice, and sliding along the sled runs with nary a turned ankle or bruise. We are loving it. Except for one teensy-weensy...