The first found thing is this candle that I bought at Target yesterday. I burned it in my office last night and all day today. The scent is Tuscan Cypress & Olive Leaf. Which doesn’t sound like it would smell very good, but it does. Love it.
Though it smelled good, my office was a […]
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A little bit of magic happened tonight, and it was more than I had any reason to hope for after the day we’ve had. Yes, I know I had big plans for a nap and some wine, but it didn’t shape up to be that kind of day at all. By the end of the […]
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To my dear, beloved children,
As you pretend to know, Saturday is the one day of the week when Mommy gets to sleep in. I don’t have to set the alarm for 6:30 or drag your sweet little bottoms out of bed to go to school. I buy your favorite doughnuts, so you have a treat […]
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”
–John Muir, conservationist and founder, The Sierra Club
I couldn’t drive as far […]
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Disclaimer: If you’re looking for a post that goes well with wine and tapas, today’s not your day. It’s more of a beer and pizza day, here at my place. So get comfy, and open a window.
A few weeks ago, the Girl came over to me, perched on my lap, hugged me…and then she let […]
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Today I ordered presents for my sister’s birthday. She makes it very handy for me to shop for her by maintaining a current and thorough Amazon wish list (and expects the same of me, so I oblige). I know that whatever I pick from her list will be something that she wants, maybe needs, and […]
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A few years ago, my sister and I went back to see the house where we lived growing up. We both live far away from it now, but our father still lives within a half hour’s drive of the house.
Sue still lives there.
She’s welcome to it, as far as I’m concerned, though I’m not sure […]
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Did anyone spit coffee just now? I was totally going for that. So, I have to ask. Do any of you recognize this book?
It was published in 1969, a year after I was born. Yeah, that train had left the depot by then (chasing down the one that carried my older sister, I presume), so […]
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I tossed this as close to the front door as I could. I tried, really.
In the News
France has agreed to send 1000 troops to Afghanistan, according to CNN.com, in addition to the 1900 they already have stationed there. Being an ally of the United States does have its drawbacks.
And who can turn away from […]
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One day last fall, I sat outside the mall with my children, in an area with a fountain and grass just outside the bookstore. It’s a nice area for letting the kids play while I look through the books I’ve just bought.
Boy and Girl wanted to throw pennies into the fountain, so I gave them […]
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