Savouring the Gifts — A Child Leads the Way

While I had originally thought today’s post would feature, in its entirety, the piece I contributed to Tish’s lovely compilation of Christmas Gifts that cost Nothing, I’ve since decided that Tish’s judicious editing worked very…

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Customer Service — It’s in the Bag!

Product-touting rarely happens here, but every so often, a company is so consistently good at what it does that I think people should know. This is how I feel about M0851 which Ifirst wrote about…

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Holiday Visiting

I’m visiting today. . . I was invited to join some lovely bloggers over at A Femme d’Un Certain Age. Over the last two weeks, Tish has been introducing us to an array of wonderful…

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Keeping the Grinch Out of Christmas . . .

Because I was a stay-at-home mom (albeit one who ran a music studio from home, teaching piano and theory, while also a perennial student) whose husband was often away, I did most of our Christmas…

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Gloomy Beauty — A Neutral Palette to Inspire

I am so pleased with this photo — I do hope you enjoy it as well. If you have a minute, click on it for the larger view which will fill your screen with glaucous…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.