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Tangy Biscuits
I read an article in Country Living Magazine about the most amazing looking biscuits. I knew I had to try them. This is not my recipe and I did not change it one bit. So I am not posting the full...
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Dear Children: Halfway
Today you have to go back to school after your long winter break. I just want to wring my hands and cry. I am not ready for you to go back. I have enjoyed every single moment of you being at home with...
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Dear Children: Being A Stick-In-The-Mud,
Call it a fuddy duddy. Stick-in-the-mud (which by the way sounds better than being mud, doesn’t it?). A party pooper. These are all society’s acceptable names that seem to be okay to call someone who...
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It’s The Little Things: A Gnome Gift
To understand me (well, as much as anyone can. I still don’t quite get me, myself), you need to know a bit about my background. I have a best friend. Her name is Lizzie. Liz. Elizabeth. One,...
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READING: “The One And Only Ivan” and “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”
Two book reviews at once? There is a reason for my madness. I read two books to my ten year old son (who turns eleven on the eleventh) in July. He really enjoyed one of them and he was not enthused...
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Bert & Ernie
For whatever reason, last year my children stumbled upon Bert & Ernie’s “The Ernie & Bert Book” in a pile of old children’s books from my own childhood. I had no recollection of the book....
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Dear Children: A Case of the Pssts,
I want to use this letter to warn you of a virus that is going around. It is called The “Psst.” Please be very careful that you do not get it. It is contagious. It is spreading. It is disgusting....
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Dreaming: Grandma’s Gift
Something was chasing me. It was fast, but not quite fast enough to catch me. It was probably some sort of zombie creature if I were to guess, because zombies are the things that make my blood run...
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More Sweet Margarita
recipe is for one drink Ingredients: 1/3 cup silver tequila 1 tablespoon triple sec 1/4 cup lime juice (about three limes per drink) 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. simple syrup Schlooppo. i made a margar-ita. Note...
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I Read “The Hunger Games,” Now What?
So, you read “The Hunger Games.” As did we all. Or say we all. Or somethin’. What next? Is there anything else like it? Are there other books that are similar? Oh. Yes. Let’s talk. I loved “The Hunger...
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