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Friday, July 23, 2010

From death into life

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We went to a very difficult funeral today, a young father killed in an accident, a senseless tragedy. To be honest, I don't know if I...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Welcome to your life's work. Would you like fries with that?

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Our Meelyn, aged seventeen, works in a fast food restaurant because her dad and I feel that fast food restaurants are a microcosm of life a...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

The mayonnaise wars

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Ordinarily, I would consider it an act of unforgivable impertinence to disagree with Julia Child. But I like my recipe for homemade mayonna...
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The summery nature of June, July and August

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I usually write about four or five blog posts per week, because this blog is primarily a record of our lives -- I know! It really is mesmer...
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Monday, July 5, 2010

Magnificent!

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For all you Catholic readers out there... I wrote a post last May titled Revelation, in which I related my experience in listening to a tap...

You never know how much you love your oven

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Until you don't have your oven. On Father's Day, I asked my husband what he wanted for his special dinner and his answer surprised m...
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Friday, July 2, 2010

RECIPE: Amish Lemon Squares

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I posted over at Facebook around Father's Day about whether I should make lemon squares or Key Lime pie for my in-laws (I ended up maki...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

The misunderstood lyrics of Elton John, or How the Souspane Has Figured in My Life

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First of all, I have always loved the music of Elton John, ever since the very first song of his I can remember loving, which was "Benn...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

We used to call 'em thongs

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I don't remember when these cheapo summer shoes that you can still buy for around $2-$6 at any discount department store started being c...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

We don't have these where I come from

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CousinFest teaches us so many things. Our first CousinFest in Asheville, NC, which is getting on for ten years ago now, taught us that somet...
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The Mom Hat

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This is me today at the pool, wearing what my lovely, sweet, horrible little daughters refer to as my Mom Hat. I wear this hat because my ha...
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"My mother grew up in the Depression"

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Back at my own computer, I have the ability to post pictures, so here's a completely adorable one of Carol and Susie just a-cookin'...
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Shelley
I'm a happy Catholic; a wife; a homeschooling mother of one teenage daughter and one college-aged daughter; a writer; enthusiastic crafter of countdown paper chains; a Buffy fan, a reader; a Shakespeare teacher; a literature teacher; a composition teacher; a former soap-maker; a minivan driver; an inward grump; an outward sweetie-pie; a history geek; a dog lover; a rehabilitated and repentant former thief of bandwidth; a killer of plants; a soft-hearted taker-in of strays; a reformed housekeeper; an insomniac
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