Month: December 2011
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Salt and Pepper Shakers and a Checkered Board
Salt and pepper shakers on a piece of checkered marble (tile) board. My mother keeps coming up with creative fun ideas for her home. The last time I was home my mom was putting away…
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A Christmas Tradition with Annie
With her list in hand, we went. Her pace was slow but steady. Annie knew what she wanted, which made it simple. I calculated the time we left after the rush hour and would return home before noon.…
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Santa’s Helpers
One of my Mother's clever tools of disciplining, my four brothers and I as children, was telling us that the birds that sat on the telephone wires were Santa's helpers. During the year (not just in December,) she would point…
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A Favorite Christmas, Do Tell!
"…and a little child shall lead them." Isaiah 11:6 When I was fourteen my Mother had her fifth and last child, a boy that my…
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Nine Hours and Forty Five Minutes of Meditation and Plastic Wrap.
Ten days ago seems several years passed. It has been an intense ten days. When I took the airplane from California to France, the airplane's behind-the-seat entertainment monitors were not working. It made the nine hours and…
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How to Tie a Scarf
Charlotte, a dear friend who use to live in the same French village that I live in, and reader of my blog sent me this link. My cousin Franca and Mardog who were in France briefly with me, before…