Oh, people. You’re making this NaBloPoMo thing easy when you ask for things like recipes. And, please know that I fought the urge to say Recipe: Throw 12 apples into a large bowl. Add 64 Brach’s caramels (wrapped or unwrapped). Happy Thanksgiving. Since you asked, here is the recipe Grandma used. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon flour [...]

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Mitchum Huntzberger as Russell Fabray is, in my opinion, a brilliant idea. (Yes. I’m a fan of Glee, but please know that I’ll never refer to myself as a Gleek.) I am not going to see New Moon tonight, and I may not have a chance to see it before it leaves the theaters. With [...]

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While in high school, I played the piano. I scored a piano scholarship to the University of Missouri, and after a semester I decided that I wasn’t really talented/dedicated enough to be a capital M Musician. I haven’t really played much since then. We had our piano tuned a few days ago. I’m very sloppy, [...]

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Fact: When I was a kid, my mom took my sister and I to school every morning and picked us up every afternoon. Fact: Every year in the fall (no foreshadowing pun intended), our elementary school would hold a Family Fun Night. And that Family Fun Night included a cake walk. Fact: My mom used [...]

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Don’t you hate NaBloPoMo folks like me who tend to puke drivel at the last minute? Today… …I watched a guy tune our piano. …I practiced the piano for the first time in many many years. …I worked on my freelance project. …I finished up a review that’s due tomorrow. …I made a spontaneous dinner [...]

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I had no idea he was so stinkin’ funny. The part about his honorary doctorate? (It starts around 2:37.) It gets me Every Time.

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45 Years Later… Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

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A good friend of mine had Mr. Mead write “To the Best Angie, David Mead” on a piece of paper for me a few years back. David Mead is one of my melancholy choices—the perfect voice for an evening during which I purchased a pair of pants in a size I swore I would never [...]

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As you know, I had to take a food item to school yesterday for teachers to snack on during the Parent/Teacher Conferences. Harper and I went to the store yesterday morning, and quickly decided on a cheese and sausage platter with crackers. When we returned home, Harper looked at me with her big brown eyes [...]

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Beth asked for it, and I totally love her. Sir did it, and he is one of my absolute favorites. And because I spent many lonely teenage hours working on my handwriting (I *really* wanted my signature to look more like a logo than a signature), I’m sharing it with you. Please enjoy my very [...]

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