Eleven Things

I was asked to consider what are 11 things my life doesn’t need in 2011. Here they are in no particular order: 11. Wishing for my old life back. (Conversely: Accepting my life as it is and  learning how to appreciate it) Things always seem so much simpler when you’re looking back on them. I [...]

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Snowman Collision

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Rescue crew has responded and is on the scene. Bystanders witnessed a Lou fleeing the accident. The Lego police are investigating. Snowmen are under observation, but their hearts are going Thumpy-thump-thump. So it seems they’ll live. I crack me up sometimes.

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Black Friday

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The first and incidentally only Thanksgiving we’ve spent with Mike’s family, his mom gleefully suggested that we giiiiirls (meaning my sisters-in-law and I) get all of the Christmas shopping knocked out the next day. The day after Thanksgiving… I believe I chortled, “Shopping? um… that’s what the Internet is for” and went back to eating [...]

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Fifteen Conversations to Have with Your Parents

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This is an article written by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, author of a new book Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir. Since Thanksgiving is a mere hours away and many of you (though not us) will be spending it with extended family, I thought it made a for fitting and timely post. At the [...]

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Supporting Small Business Saturday

Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses. American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone of the economy, this Saturday, November 27. They’re offering statement credits to people who shop at small businesses, advertising for small-business owners, and donations to [...]

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