Tag: NaBloPoMo
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A Tuscan Pottery Gem
Part of the impetus behind starting this blog was to have an outlet to preserve travel photos and stories, and our Italy trip two years ago had enough stories to keep me going for quite some time. As our travels are more limited currently by the stage of life we are at — college visits,…
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21 Days of Gratitude
It is not too late to take the 21-Day Gratitude Challenge! Between November 7th and Thanksgiving Day (celebrated on November 28th in the United States), KindSpring will send a daily reminder of gratitude if you formally participate in the challenge. I am looking forward to actively seeking expressions of gratitude and parlaying those expressions into…
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Baked Garlic (I Hope We Can Still Be Friends Tomorrow)
Baked garlic with a slather of melted brie on a cracker is divine. Of course, I live in a household whose occupants believe there is no such thing as too much garlic! The four of us have been known to each consume our own head of garlic . . . and guarantee that no one else…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie
Descending to the dungeon of San Juan’s Castillo San Cristóbal definitely had an eerie feel to it. The feeling was only compounded when we stopped to examine the sketches on the dungeon walls, made by a prisoner long ago. Click on any photo to enlarge. The story behind the drawings in the dungeon is recounted here.…
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Secrets of Parenting Success
What is the secret formula to raising a happy kid? a successful child? Since we are just making it up as we go along in this household on many days, I certainly don’t have the answer. But we remind ourselves of certain basic principles from time to time. “It’s not our job to toughen our…
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