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Christmas. Time.

Christmas is coming. It will be on December 25th this year, but you knew that already. You know it because Christmas is December 25th every year. And yet, every year millions of people seem to be caught off guard. They rush around in the week prior, complaining about the crowds of people who waited so […]

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Why the backlash against the Ice Bucket Challenge? It amazes me the number of people smugly condemning the #ALSicebucketchallenge, especially when most of them clearly have no understanding of what it is – and certainly can’t be bothered to watch one, or read about them, to get the truth. It isn’t about “narcissism”, it is […]

Ghost Season

Today I found myself sucked in to a marathon of the ghostly Discovery Channel show, A Haunting.   Not that I am a believer in ghosts & ghoulies, but I do enjoy things that are creepy – especially this time of year. In watching episode after episode, a couple of things became clear. These hauntings […]

Happy Accident

I needed some sand for a craft project, which seemed a simple enough ingredient. Unfortunately, you generally have to buy a bunch. I tried other things, but nothing looks enough like sand for my taste. It eventually dawned on me to try pet stores because aquariums use sand. Sort of. They use multi-colored sand you […]

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    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
    In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
    True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
    Emma
    The Walls Have Ears : The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
    Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
    I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
    B is for Bubblegum
    How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
    License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids
    Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
    On Liberty
    Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
    Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
    The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
    Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
    Hallowe'en Party
    If You Really Loved Me
    I Don't Need Therapy: and other lies I've told myself


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