A Cup of Tea

  I thought a cup of tea might be just the thing to let us pause and appreciate something small and ordinary. To write about tea, I must tell you about my mom, the tea drinker and tea pot collector. There are many things that […]

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Giving

An abundance of gift guides are popping up all over blogs and websites. When it comes to giving, the main guidance I would like to share is that, ideally, giving will be fun and part of the joy of the season. Our holiday celebrations this […]

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The Dinner Game

I have a very practical little game that I like to play — perhaps you’ve played it before? I’ll call it the dinner game. I play it when I am at work sometimes or busy with something else and wondering what I will make for […]

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Returning to a New Year.

Have you ever had one of those dreams where you have to be somewhere important and you are continually side tracked, distracted, and delayed from reaching the place you need to get to?  During our two weeks of traveling and visiting as many friends and […]

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I am headed to the east coast today for two weeks of holidays with family and friends. I wanted to wish you a happy solstice, merry christmas, and joyful start to your new year. Thanks for being here this year, for reading and commenting and […]

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Share the Warmth of Hot Cocoa

Sometimes a cup of hot cocoa is just the thing. A treat alongside a cookie, a cup shared with a friend, something to wrap cold hands around and be warmed inside and out. It has been so cold here and very snowy and I’ve been […]

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Festive Holiday Garland Tutorial

I made this festive garland and I wanted to share. I started making these multicolored circles as ornaments that would hang alone. When I saw them all together I wanted to keep them this way. The great thing about this project is that I used […]

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Treasures

I stumbled upon this blog, Zero Waste Home, as I began gathering boxes, cleaning out and packing up the large and sometimes disorganized closets of my apartment.  I truly do aspire to have zero waste and I am really interested to read about someone else […]

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