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      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
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      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
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      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
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Category: Featured

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Featured Posted onSeptember 24, 2012March 2, 2019

John C. Maxwell :: 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, pt. 4

I’m going to skip a lot of the middle of 15 Laws in order to get to the end. This book comes out next week (October […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJanuary 25, 2012January 27, 2012

Book Review :: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

It has been a long time since I wrote a truly negative review, but yuck. yuck. yuck. Told in three parts – daughter, mother, grandmother […] Read More

Featured, Photography Posted onDecember 31, 2011January 7, 2012

Photography :: Christmas Morning

So, this isn’t my picture – it is my sweetie’s – but I still wanted to share. Since the week before Thanksgiving until Christmas morning, […] Read More

Featured, Manners Monday Posted onOctober 24, 2011December 30, 2011

Manners Monday :: Table Manners, a mix

For todays Manners Monday, I’m going to cover a variety of table manners – answering a few questions plus throwing in some others. For this […] Read More

Featured, Manners Monday Posted onOctober 17, 2011October 24, 2011

Manners Monday :: Breaking Bread

There are some table manners that should go without saying: napkin in your lap, no elbows on the table, don’t chew with your mouth open […] Read More

Cooking, Featured, Manners Monday Posted onOctober 10, 2011October 17, 2011

Manners Monday :: Wait for Your Host

Today is part two of October’s series on Manners Monday :: Table Manners. (Last week we Set the Table.) When having dinner around a table, […] Read More

Featured, Photography, Things I Love Posted onOctober 6, 2011October 8, 2011

Love :: Apple

I can’t resist this opportunity to say that I love Apple. Steve Jobs was a creative genius that will be missed, especially by those of […] Read More

Cooking, Featured, Out and About Posted onSeptember 2, 2011September 16, 2011

Road Trip :: Charleston, Part II – Food

So my sweetie and I celebrated our fourth anniversary mid-August in Charleston. Which means, amazing food. While I was trying to “not plan” as much […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 24, 2011

Book Review :: March

My dad has a saying: “Granny (his mom) likes to fish. I like to catch fish.” I could say something similar regarding me and books. […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 17, 2011June 18, 2011

Book Review :: A Spot of Bother

I wrote to a friend, “I haven’t laughed this hard since discovering David Sedaris.” I read Mark Haddon’s earlier work,  The Curious Incident of the […] Read More

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