My mother was a snob. A literary snob, the worst kind. She never had to resort to physical force in…
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Sorry, But I Hate Valentine’s Day
I’ve never been much of a fan of Valentine’s Day. Once a holiday becomes “official,” to me it smacks of…
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Digging Deep To Find A Reason To Be Grateful This Winter
This platter sits on our family room fireplace mantel. I bought it one day about 2 years ago in a…
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My Family Watched The Beatles First Appearance On The Ed Sullivan Show Together
The Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan show was Sunday, February 9, 1964 at 8:00 pm. There were over…
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Making the Effort To Walk To Church In A Blizzard and Then Getting Dissed By The Priest’s Sermon
This was a post I originally wrote on February 2, 2011 which I thought I’d revisit and dust off. Very…
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How I Shaved My Head When I Was Going Through Chemo For Breast Cancer
Because I started out blogging about my breast cancer experience on a site called Caringbridge, I never really shared what I…
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