Posted in Holidays on Jul 21st, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Late in the day yesterday some cool weather rolled in. It’s overcast and there’s a chill in the air and I love it! I didn’t have to wait for October after all. The change of weather is so refreshing. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2007
Happy Halloween everyone! Have a safe, festive, and fun holiday. I hope you all get lots of candy if you go trick-or-treating and that you enjoy wearing costumes.
This year I asked Degen if he wanted to be a dog, a cat, or Bob the Builder (all costumes I thought I could manage). He chose Bob [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007
I like Halloween because we get to dress up in unusual costumes and eat with abandon the sweets that will soon make our bodies vulnerable to the imminent flu season. I like it because we get to see our neighbors, even if we don't recognize them through their costumes. I like it because it's another [...]
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Posted in Young Women on Apr 24th, 2007
In a couple of weeks I'll be teaching a combined Young Women lesson on family traditions, so I thought it would be useful to list some of my favorite family traditions (some of my parents' and some of the traditions Colin and I have, too).
Having a Passover Seder every year
Easter baskets
Christmas: cinnamon rolls for [...]
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