Because I’m a Salvation Army Red Kettle Bell Ringer Fangirl
Update: I didn't make my goal but I sure hope you'll continue to give to my online red kettle. Because real people continue to suffer great need. With BIG thanks to those who contributed this morning!! Forgive me, but I'm betting against you. There's this...
Around/About: The “Christmas Cookie Monster” Edition
Gingerbread Cookies Gone Wild (The title I gave Annie Barnett's post after the little darling showed picchas of her Gingerbread gals in bikini's!) Got a cookie recipe to share? Need to find your next favorite cookies to bake? Grace Table has gotcha covered...
The Secret To Great Writing
I can still visualize him though I haven't seen him in over 30 years. A head of hair, still full but thinning, impossibly white and shiny. His shoulders sloped enough to age him but twinkly blue eyes subtracted time. Translucent skin and rosy cheeks and...
Best Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals (Grab ’em before they’re gone!)
Did you see why it's so important to choose the links you click through to shop online? The bottom line is someone is making money and you can control who it is. Clicking through any ad you see on the internet likely means someone is earning affiliate...
I believe in magic (& I bet you do, too!) :: Traditions & Sacred Space
With all my heart I believe in magic. Oh, how I hope we're the same, you and me. Not rabbits out of hats or the dark and mystical, only in the sweetest sense of the word. The things that steal my breath, explode my heart, and make me want to burst into an...
The Apartment
It is one of my earliest memories, certainly the first one I learned on purpose. One-seventy-five-baxter-drive-apartment-J-seven-five-four-three-four-two-eight-one I say it now like I did back then, without a breath in between each word. That's how I could remember...
Around/About: The “Help Me, Help You!” Edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, interesting reads and sometimes things to do. For the first time, I've actually been skimming some pre-Black Friday ads. Holy Toledo--there are some CRAZY/incredible deals too good to ignore! Who knew? The...
The Question All Bloggers Should Ask
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, I'm in trouble. If you'll indulge me, can we first look in the rearview mirror? Way back when, I was a daily blogger, no big deal at all. I would roll my eyes when NANOWRIMO came around, not...
Your Best Friend When Applying to College
I was surprised to learn something I hadn't realized with our first two children, and now that I've heard it once, I've heard it multiple times. And if we didn't know this when we went through the college search with our oldest two, there's a good chance...