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Hinamatsuri: Japanese Girls’ Day
For Girls’ Day (Hinamatsuri) when I was growing up, my mother and I would make a display of dolls we had. I still don’t have the Emperor/Empress dolls that some people have, but I still do have these Japanese dolls. I like dolls in theory. I don’t like them in home decor. That is, I…
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Photo of the Day: Day 3, Your Neighborhood
I have two photos here for Day 3 of the March Photo a Day challenge, and I couldn’t decide between them, so I chose both.
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Photo of the Day: Day 2, Fruit
Photo of the Day challenge for March 2012: Day 2, take a picture of fruit.
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Fifty/Fifty for February
1. Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, by Stephanie McAfee. This is a fun and funny book, and so is the author, whom I met at the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriends’ Weekend. She first self-pubbed it as an e-book, where it landed on the NY Times Bestseller list! And now it’s at Costco and all the…
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Photo a Day, Day 1: Up
Because I am running out of procrastination ideas, I’m doing this photo a day challenge. Here’s Photo 1: Up.
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The Lure of Fresh Deals
I don’t know about you, but I get a lot of deals in my in-boxes. All these ads where you buy 2 for 1 whatevers, or spend $10 and get $30 worth of food, and so on, and so forth. And most of them are totally things I’d buy, or do. My favorites are the…
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King Cake
I’ve always wanted to make a King Cake. If by “always wanted” you mean “meant to look up the recipe and always forgot before Mardi Gras.” This year, I finally managed to overcome my inertia enough to make a King Cake. It’s not that easy, you know. You have to allot a ton of time.…
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Oh, Martha. Craft Projects for the 1%
It’s like seeing a recipe for an easy family dinner and finding out you need to buy $50 worth of supplies you’ll never use again.
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Finding Patterns in a Day
My mother used to say bad things happened in threes. I guess she wasn’t the only one to say that; everyone says, for example, celebrities die in threes. But if a few bad things happened in one day, she took it as a sign to stay home.* I don’t really think that’s real, but I…
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Wedding Cake for Breakfast
I just love this cover! I contributed an essay to this book, which is all about the first year of marriage. The essays (I’m told, I haven’t seen it yet) range from funny to serious. Mine’s all about my first year with Cadillac. He was an Army Airborne Ranger in the 2d of 75th Ranger…
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