For the past few holiday seasons as I’ve driven all over town from here to there, I’ve noticed more and more immaculately illuminated houses that stand out from the rest. These homes are adorned with tasteful Christmas lights, hung perfectly along the entire perimeter of rooftops and even on the steepest of ridges. Strings of […]
Claire Mullen
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A berry important debate
Before I decided to pose this query to my Facebook friends, I had no idea how impassioned people could become about cranberries and the various forms they may take in the way of Thanksgiving dishes.
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Halloween for Hallo-weenies
It’s safe to say that every horror movie I’ve ever seen has scarred me for life. Thus, I will be scrolling right past all the “Scream” movies on Netflix this Halloween and opting instead for something that’s right on my level of “scary.” It’ll be a tough call between “Casper the Friendly Ghost” and “Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween,” and I’ll still watch with all the lights on.
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Home is where the dusty rose bathroom is … not
We’re finally putting the plans that we made 10 years ago into motion and starting with renovating our dusty rose bathroom and our Brat Pack era kitchen.
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The new kid
As families come and go along the military highway, it’s very commonplace for the halls of our schools to be graced with lots of unfamiliar faces at the beginning of each year, and if you’re like me and have ever been the “new kid,” you know that it ain’t exactly easy.
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T(w)een-speak 101
I spent many years of my life learning the French language. At the school I attended, foreign language was offered as an elective beginning in middle school, and after introductory courses in basic Latin, Spanish, and French, students could choose to continue with either French or Spanish for the remainder of their academic years.
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Drink up, Buttercup
I don’t really recall drinking a whole lot of water over the course of my childhood. I do, however, distinctly remember the two-liter bottle of Pepsi that had its own designated spot on the kitchen counter in my family’s home, and was perpetually replenished. There were also copious amounts of Lipton tea, brewed fresh by […]
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Life, un-curated
I will never forget the exact moment that I realized that we social media-era parents are headed down a slippery slope. It was several years ago at an outdoor fall festival as my daughter and I …
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In sickness and in health
When a preacher looks you and your soon-to-be spouse both square in the eyes and asks if you will take the person standing before you to be your life-long partner and promise to have and to hold them …
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New Year, new-ish me
“New year, new you” has such a nice ring to it, and certainly makes a great theme for the inaugural issue of our magazine for 2024. I think a lot of us would agree that the end of the …
