Recently I was driving and a commercial came on saying something like, “You know how you try to record multiple shows airing at the same time at once and you can’t?” “Get the Hopper! You can record up to 16 shows at once!” Okay – so in case you don’t understand what is going on […]
Steve Irwin was a great guy This we can all agree on. I took a moment out of my day to see if I could come up with something upon which all Americans could agree. Now I’m looking for more. Hang on. Let me think. Jeez that might be it. I started thinking about why
Happy New Year I don’t get it. Normally, New Year’s Day, I’m waking up, going for a walk, drinking green juice, reading the New York Times, writing a book list for the year. You get the gist. This year, I created a vision board, prepared myself, my thoughts, my intentions. I even had a ceremony.
Christmas. It’s that time of year when life becomes illuminated. As Charles Dickens says “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” I mean he wasn’t talking about Christmas. Or was he? I never read “A Tale of Two Cities.” But, whatever he was talking about, he hit the nail on
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By Nancy Gifford Humphreys One of my earliest childhood memories is experiencing the Christmas Show at Rockefeller Center, New York. My grandmother took me there and back by train from our small town in northern New Jersey. I can still remember what the lobby looked like then, and of course I remember the stunning Rockettes.
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A reflection on time from a few years ago… “Put your leggings on.” “Put your leggings on.” “Are your leggings on?” “Brush your teeth, guys.” “Guys, did you brush your teeth?” “Hurry up you guys. Guys, get ready.” I’m uttering these words urgently as we get ready for school and work, respectively, and one daughter
By Roseanne Griffiths (My Best Friend) My birthday is the week before Christmas. It never occurred to me, until now, what an extra burden that may have been on my parents. Christmas is pretty expensive, and my sweet parents, I know, didn’t have much extra to spend on gifts for three children AND now a
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The other day I was driving my 14 year old and ten year old, when we saw a cemetery ahead. Clara, my teen, said, “Years ago, my friend told me that when you pass a graveyard you should hold your breath so that the spirits don’t enter your body through your mouth.” Immediately, my ten
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My Thanksgiving Blog Yesterday afternoon I turned on the TV and I saw a news segment on the Proud Boys – the group of men dedicated to the preservation of a white and male dominated society. It was disturbing. It was disheartening to learn that there are many fellow human beings, on the earth, right
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A couple of nights ago, our dog Ozzie had a terrible seizure that ended his life. It was unexpected, even though he does take medicine to control his seizures, and it was a tough way to lose our beloved furry family member. One kind friend shared a poem about how our pets choose the family