Month: April 2011
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magical reunion
April 25, 2011 column By Friday evening the last of our family converged for a mini-reunion in Branson, Mo. interrupting my evening of watching the youngest four grandchildren. In a flurry of activity, parents introduced their children to their great aunts and uncles, “This is Aunt Karen, Uncle Frank, Aunt Rosemary and Uncle Robin,” their…
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It’s missing yet right “here”
I knew exactly where to find the ingredients the day I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies with my pre-schooler. I pulled out flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, butter, nuts and . . . no chocolate chips. They were not there beside the vanilla. They were not under the counter. They were not up high…
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brown thumbs
I am the original brown gardener – no, make that black-thumb. It’s not that I don’t know anything about gardening. I actually, sort of, do. I just get distracted. It only took me a week to kill a lovely potted plant folks gave me before a special event. As we rushed around for the event…