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Today Was My Birthday
I woke up to my youngest daughter having made me popovers for breakfast. After that sumptuous beginning of my...
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Second Annual Empress Brunch
A friend of mine also has an early February birthday, so we have fun celebrating together during this birthday...
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Book Review: As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me
I enjoyed the first two-thirds of this book better than the end. Initially I was giving it five...
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Today’s “Tuesday Teatime”
My twelve year old daughter is doing something called “Brave Writer” as part of her homeschooling curriculum which includes...
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I Made Both the Platter and the Cookies
These cookies are the classic Toll House recipe, the original chocolate chip cookie recipe off back of the Nestle’s...
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Today’s Poem (unpublished)
Today I wrote one of the best poems I’ve written in a long time. Then, after major deliberation, I...
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Two Words for the New Year
Instead of a formal New Year's Resolution, I have decided on two words I need to focus on this...
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January’s treat: Fresh Squeezed Tangerine Juice
One of the delights of this month is fresh tangerine juice, which in my opinion is much better than...
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My next page is done in my Box-a-Day Art Journal
This page in my daily art journal is dominated by three days of preoccupation with the inaugural.
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Yummy Vegetable Side: Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe
This was delicious! It is very simple: roasted Brussels sprouts, parsnip slices and pecans. I saw it...
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Book review: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Is reading considered an eccentric activity? What effect does the habit of reading have? The Queen is the uncommon...