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Vintage Christmas cards as inspiration

December 15, 2017

I haven’t sent Christmas cards for years. And it makes me a little sad, because I enjoyed the ritual of …

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When did Easter become Christmas, Part 2?

March 30, 2015

No one stood around the empty tomb exchanging smartly wrapped boxes and elaborately decorated gift bags.

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Where do you make a special stop for the holidays?

December 20, 2014

I make a special stop each year to get my Christmas ham. It’s become a holiday tradition.

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7 books for the nonfiction writer on your holiday list

December 17, 2014

Seven must-read books for any nonfiction writer.

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Christmas at Arlington

December 14, 2014

Beautiful. Read more about Wreaths Across America.

That time of the year approaches…

October 18, 2014

What time of the year? Halloween? Thanksgiving? We are well beyond that, right? I’m sure many of you are thinking …

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Throwback Thursday (a day late): Christmas 35 years ago

December 27, 2013

Throwback Thursday: Art for Christmas

December 19, 2013

I loved receiving crafty, drawing-type of things at Christmas. Here’s what Bernadette and I were working on: I spent hours …

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Throwback Thursday: The Barbie Dream House

December 12, 2013

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon (I am almost 40, perhaps this entitles me?)… Is it just me, …

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Throwback Thursday: Christmas at the Zimnys, c. 1970

November 7, 2013

A couple of years ago, Mom pulled out dozens and dozens of old slides from the late 1960s into about …

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