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The Love We Live
Love is cooking each half of the flank steak to a different tenderness. Love is having a side of the bed. Love is deciding who deals with the garter snake, and who deals with bathroom spiders. Love is...
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Unexpected Item in Bagging Area!
Last night, after eating Triscuits for dinner for the second night in a row, I decided to go on a grocery run. I closed the fridge, put on my “fancy” sweatpants, and left the house. After an hour of...
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This film has been rated Animal Friendly. Viewer discretion unnecessary.
Last year, my husband and I went to the movies to see an action/thriller flick starring the late James Gandolfini entitled The Drop. I knew it was going to be violent. And I knew that there were going...
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Electric Youth
I’m a fan of Tay Sway. She seems like a talented enough young woman with a decent head on her shoulders. Yet, in my eyes, she’ll never be Debbie Gibson. To this day, I know every Debbie Gibson lyric...
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Animal Crossing
Last week, I was driving on a fairly busy New Jersey road when the traffic slowed to a halt. However, as we started slowly moving, the reason for the hold-up brought a smile to my face. A flock of...
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Go West, Little Rippers
I can’t help but share my new book! Go West, Little Rippers was released today! I finished writing the book in April. Then, the illustrator went to work. Finally, the editing…and the editing… and more...
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An Apple A Day
I’ve never been a big fan of apples. For me, they’re a five on a scale of one to ten in the fruit department. (Not as fabulous as watermelon- nine, but not as horrible as kiwi-two.) But this time of...
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GOOD PEOPLE (and not those unmentionable jerks)
There’s a lady out there who didn’t play nice with me today. And, it could have ruined my day. I could have let her get the best of me. But I’m not going to let her. Want to know why? Because she’s a...
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Win an Inn
I love entering contests, specifically short-answer, creative writing contests. Give me a 250 word essay contest answering the question“What you would you do with a lifetime supply of meatballs?” and...
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Being There
It’s rare that I insist that you read something. (I hate being bossed around unless someone is FORCING me to have another piece of Key Lime Pie!) However, this column from Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat,...
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Trick, Treat, and Carry On
Personally, I don’t like dressing up for Halloween. The stress of finding a costume to look like a California Raisin overwhelms me. And I can’t stand all of those seasonal pop-up Halloween costume...
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Better than a Birthday Mimosa
My 30th birthday carousel…which was (achoo) years ago. Sunday is my birthday. I’ll be turning (cough, cough) years old. And I’ll be celebrating with brunch at a local favorite Inn, dipping my home...
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Guilty Pennies
I’m a terrible person. I keep the pennies I receive from those charity mailings which are trying to save the world’s people/planet/penguins. I know that the pennies are supposed to guilt me into...
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What Your Holiday Card Says About You
“Perfect Family Portrait”- We’re pretending like the twins always wear matching cashmere sweaters and keep their fingers out of their nostrils. “Fabulous Vacation Photo”– Jack cashed in our retirement...
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Spot of Tea?
I’m not much of a warm-drink consumer. I prefer iced coffee to hot, cold apple cider to warm, and believe it or not, I love a glass of “cold cocoa.” (I make regular ol’ hot chocolate and then let it...
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Saying Grace
Things for which I’m Thankful Ice cubes Children’s books A heavy quilted blanket, and a dog and hubby with whom to share it Stovetop popcorn The lad I met in a Scotland cab who will soon be joining the...
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The First Snow
We had our first real snow flurry last week. And when people experience the first snow of the year, they have one of two reactions: “YYYYYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!” (This is the same...
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Only ONE Gift Guide
I only have one gift suggestion: give the gift of reading together (even if you’re apart). Simply buy/find a book your loved one would enjoy. Read it (or re-read it), and as you go, write little...
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The Ugly Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The last day of November! New Englanders officially don’t have to shave until spring!* Jealous, Floridians? Envious Californians? You can have your San...
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Preview Review
This past weekend, I went to see Spectre with a group of family and friends. Bond, James, Bond was perfectly entertaining… however, before the movie even started, I was left with a bad taste in my...
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