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From flannel pjs, sunrises worth seeing, to Dumas over dinner .. a few things that have been happening in our world lately…
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Happy Saturday!…
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“The weight of this sad time we must obey. Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” ~ King Lear…
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"The track lingered on the surface like a long pale scar. In maritime vernacular, this trail of fading disturbance, whether from ship or torpedo was called a 'dead wake'" ~ Erik Larson | Dead…
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When I was younger and didn't have much experience in the art of entertaining…
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"I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out" ~ Billy Crystal to Meg Ryan in When Harry Met…
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"No one will feed you as well as someone who loves you" ~ Alton Brown…
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These are the apples you make…
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"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love" ~ Rumi…
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To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wildness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness…
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We’re a snackin’ family, is all…
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Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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Happy Sunday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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"This, Grandma. This was the best day ever" ~ Love, Eli…
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Do you have a favorite back-of-the-box recipe?…
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Admittedly, it was a little awkward when I brought ..…
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"There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises. Even little ones, like cooking stew over your Bunsen burner .. …
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"Don't neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that, some have entertained angels without knowing it" ~ Hebrews 13:2 …
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"My idea of a perfect day is frozen custard at Shake Shack and a walk in the park (followed by a Lactaid). My idea of a perfect night is a good play and dinner…
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"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage" ~ Martin Luther…
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I had a neighbor once who baked the most delicious confections…
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“Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life. All it needs…
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I'm not sure what's come over me exactly. Other than somewhere in the nostalgic depths of my mind ..…
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"I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my…
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"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get"…
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"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention" ~ Oscar Wilde…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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“There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism or better living through exercise. It's because of ..…
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Happy Tuesday!…
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“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first” ~ Ernestine Ulmer…
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From afternoon coffee runs in our slippers .. to giant lap dogs .. to couch cocoa and peanut butter from the spoon. A few things that have been happening in our world lately…
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"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs" ~ Pearl Strachan Hurd…
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"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!" ~ Dr Seuss | How the Grinch Stole Christmas…
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"I never thought it was a bad little tree .. Maybe all it needs is a little love" ~ Linus…
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Trivia! How many cookies does Santa eat on Christmas Eve?…
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“If God had intended us to follow recipes, he wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” ~ Linda Henley…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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Chunks of dark chocolate, lots of nut butter…
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"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?" ~ Charlie Brown…
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"And so, Thanksgiving. It's the most amazing holiday" ~ Nora Ephron…
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From piles of leaves to birthday cake testing to Thanksgiving recipes dotting the kitchen counter .. a few things that have been happening in our world .. lately…
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We barked and waved as the last of our guests headed off, leftovers in hand, into the star-filled October night…
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"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" ~ William Shakespeare | Macbeth…
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"What could be more important than a little something to eat?" ~ Winnie the Pooh…
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"If we're not meant to have midnight snacks, why is there a light in the fridge?" ~ Unknown…
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"After all, tomorrow is another day" ~ Scarlett O'Hara | Gone with the Wind…
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Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? …
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She wasn't getting back to me. She always gets back to me …
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"Hi G'ma .. How 'ya doin'?"…
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One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood…
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank-you, it will be enough" ~ Meister Eckhart…
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"Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it" ~ Josh Billings…
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A deficiency in which micronutrient is the single greatest cause of mental retardation and brain damage?…
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"Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest." ~ Lea Babauta…
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Man loves company, even if it is only that of a small burning candle…
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"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!" …
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Happy Sunday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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Several years have passed since my family…
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I remember trying not to shoo them out of the kitchen…
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Happy Friday! What are your plans for the weekend?…
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"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh" said Piglet at last .. "What's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"…
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Happy Thursday!…
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Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend?…
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Bone density peaks around what age?…
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Happy Monday!…
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Happy Labor Day! What are you up to this long weekend? We're ..…
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Happy Monday!…
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I slowly savored my sliver of raspberry galette as he told me stories of the Russian physicist ..…
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Happy Tuesday!…
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"I don't feel much like Pooh today," said Pooh…
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What are you up to this weekend? We've been ..…
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Happy Monday! I hope you've had the best of weekends…
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There's nothing like a dinner party with people who might not know each other very well…
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"Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me" ~ Alice Walker…
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Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a wonderful week…
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What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
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I've come to believe that, whether you're 4 or 44, when you're not feeling well…
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I hope you're having the happiest of weeks. At our house ..…
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"Everything that is not written down disappears except for certain imperishable moments, people and scenes"…
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I've been thinking a lot about expectations…
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With only one week to go in the latest 9-week Challenge…
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The thing you're doing right now, that seems so terribly important…
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Certainly, there are many great holidays. Although if I have a choice, my favorite days of the year to celebrate are…
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There's a black t-shirt at the bottom of my closet…
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On any given afternoon I can be found…
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As we grow up, we realize it's less important to have lots of friends and more important to have real ones ~ Amanda McRae…
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"No two persons ever read the same book" ~ Edmund Wilson…
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Did you make a New Year's Resolution?…
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As one year comes to a close and a new one begins. I can't help but reflect and remind myself how very thankful I am for ..…
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I sat in my car outside the building this Saturday in December. …
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What are you up to this weekend?…
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It's always fun to visit new places, and the past few days we've been in…
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Nearly two years have passed since I penned my first post. There's no way I could have anticipated the joy this little website would bring. Especially when…
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Their first meeting in 1923 was the stuff of legend: She wore a black satin mask on a bridge in Berlin and recited his own poetry to him…
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There are some milestones in life one never forgets .. and this weekend .. I was reminded of the season we bought our first …
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This weekend I went to my very first…
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Having a garage sale is very much like …
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Do you have a favorite time of year?…
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Hemp trivia! Historically the most famous consumer of hemp seeds was .. ??…
