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First I want to say happy NewYear!  My head is still spinning from the holidays. I guess I got sick right after Christmas and have been fighting this cold that morphed into bronchitis until I went to the doctor for some of the good stuff (antibiotics) that beefed up my immune army of soldiers and…

I always thought it was polite to send out holiday cards to those you want to stay in touch with. But with modern technology, I have many ways to stay in touch and send out all manner of information on both our public and private pages using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email. I have a…

I was sitting at the table this morning, drinking coffee, after doing a few chores, when Shawn looked at me sharply. He told me not to move before he stood to hunt up a weapon. Naturally I looked around and less than a foot away, a spider dangled, spinning gently on the air currents from…

Christmas in my family has to do with gathering, exchanging gifts, ideas, and getting to know everyone’s stories and most recent adventures. It rarely includes sports, often has interesting food, and the activities range from games to conversation. It always goes off without a hitch despite the odd kitchen disasters, like spilled sticky stuff, explosions…

Like a lot of people, I make a point of gifting homemade cookies and such to people who are often unacknowledged but contribute greatly to the quality of my life. I am sure it would have been entertaining watching Shawn and I packaging up the candied nuts and cookies for our garbage collector and our…

About a year ago, a friend of mine from Hawaii sent me a basket of goodies, coffee included. I hoard that stuff like it is gold and make a single cup at a time and relish the chocolate macadamia nut brew, the scent and the flavor as it fills my senses and sends caffeine rushing…

Now that we have a shovel designed for Shawn’s scooter, a snow blower, and are ready for winter, the sun is shining and it is barely below freezing. Where has winter gone? It looks like we will not have a white Christmas but at least the grass is not growing because I do not have…

Today’s holiday adventure is all about wrapping. I don’t know about all of you, but we have been collecting wrapping paper for years and have a crazy collection of thirty or more rolls of colored, festive wrap that goes on forever. There is the tissue thin recycled type. There is the heavy double sided, the…

It must be getting close to Christmas because I have two pots of rouladin bubbling in my kitchen. My father drove over this morning and we set up an assembly line with Shawn and my dad and I to get the rolls made. It went off like clockwork, with a minimum of mess and drama…