Tag: holiday
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Ordinary Time
My daughter was telling me how she was learning about Semana Santa (Holy Week in Spain) at school. This left me pondering how eventful Holy Week was when I was a kid, growing up Catholic. The big countdown to Easter, full of drama. Easter, the biggest day on the Church’s calendar, forget about Christmas. The…
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Long Time No Blog
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Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
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December Garden
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Cookie Bakin’, Wreath Makin’, Doomsday Preppin’
The long Thanksgiving weekend was low-key for us. Thanksgiving was at my sister’s and was very nice. I brought the corn and also made honey-glazed carrots using carrots from the garden. We also made sugar cut-out cookies as a dessert for those who don’t like pie (the kids). So Thanksgiving morning was fun for me,…
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Christmas Reckoning
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Winter Solstice
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Christmastime in the City
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We’ll Have to Muddle Through Somehow
Sing it, Judy Garland. Muddling through this crazy week of half-days, parent-teacher conferences, and PTA activities. It’s kind of nice having the kids home earlier. They have had some playdates that kept them entertained, and the rest of the time we continued decorating for Christmas and got homework done early. Last night, we went out…
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Smells Like Turkey Spirit
Garden State of Mind 