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I just found out my Aunt Janice passed away. She wasn’t really my aunt; I think she was a second cousin, but no matter, she had a talent for always…
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It has been so pleasurable to see the mud-brown grass of winter give way to the lush, green grass of spring. The robins are also happy; pulling hard on…
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Mardi Gras in upon us and it’s time to celebrate with a Polish treat—paczki. WHAT?Yep. Let the good times roll with a powdered paczki. I have fond…
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Proust had his madeleines; I have loaf meat.I made a whopping big pile of meat loaf, or loaf meat as my Polish grandmother would say, last weekend. It was…
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When I was 18, I received a short-wave radio from my dad for Christmas. I was SO excited.In high school we just had reel-to-reel tapes recorded by the…
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I have a startling confession. When I was growing up, we never had a grill. I know, I can hear you all gasping out there in radioland. But it is true.…
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I am a monarch mama.If you’ve never raised a monarch butterfly from an egg to a full grown, beautiful butterfly, you really should try it. It is really…
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What day is it today? The woman on the other end of the phone asked, “How’s your day going?” “Oh, about the same as yesterday...” “Good one,” she says. At…
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Ah, the holidays are upon us. Time for parties and get-togethers. Time for laughter and love. And time to collect scintillating kernels of information…
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For the last week and a half, I have been in the lovely state of slothdom. I had a staycation that often meant staying in nightgowns until noon. Of eating…