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Who doesn’t wish they had more time to read? At this moment I have that sort of time, and I have been frittering it away, but that is over. Instead of beating myself up for my lack of energy and not getting more done, I am going to take time to read. I have stacks […]

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Thanksgiving is undoubtedly a pie holiday, and though many people fear them, there’s a reason for the expression easy as pie. Pie is an easy thing to make, and even better, a hard thing to mess up. A lot of people think they can’t make crust, or don’t have time, but before you reach for […]

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I used to be the sort of person who would ask about you and want to hear the answer, but lately, my life seems to be one long conversation about me. How are you, ask people I haven’t spoken to in months. My good friends and family start conversations in concerned tones of How are you doing?  And so each […]

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We seldom get trick-or-treaters at my house, but at the last minute my daughter convinced me we needed to get Halloween candy just in case.  “We’ll eat whatever’s left” she assured me. Yes, that was exactly what I was afraid of. If I’m going to eat candy I’d rather eat good candy, not the crap […]

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If there has been one constant in my life, it has surely been my appetite. Each day I’d wake to the insistent rumblings in my stomach and my daily battle would begin. Would my appetite for yummy, fatty or sweet indulgences win, or would I quell my hunger with something more wholesome and healthy? On […]

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