Tag: milestones

A few weeks ago, I asked readers over on my Facebook page whether or not anyone would be interested in working with me, one-on-one, to solve some kitchen-based challenges in their lives.  I’d been invited to submit an article to

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There has been a lot of talk about gifts, and “giftedness,” in our house lately. Proving that things are never boring, at least not for long, in this old red New England home, J. and I received some interesting, unnerving,

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Yesterday I was at a rehearsal for Listen to Your Mother: Providence – our last time running through the show before we perform it live on Saturday afternoon before a huge audience of screaming fans (okay, a few hundred likely

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I’m back! Most of you know (because I didn’t stop talking about it for weeks) that I was in New York City last Thursday, presenting a talk at the first-ever Family Dinner Conference.  The event was organized by the unbelievably

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Today I am thinking about two things that are not a secret to anyone. First, I’m thinking about – preparing for, excitedly awaiting, nervously anticipating – the Family Dinner Conference, which will be happening on Thursday in New York City. 

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I’m quietly freaking out.   Except…now that I’m writing about it on a public blog, I guess it’s not so much “quiet” anymore, right?  So now I’m PUBLICLY and NOISILY freaking out. It’s all good stuff that’s making me this way. 

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Some people reading this – like my sister, D. – will read that title with a snort and a knowing smirk.  They will say that I am exactly the WRONG person to write a blog post about organizing anything, especially

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Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight.  If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but

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I don’t have much to say tonight.  I almost didn’t post.  One of The Aunts, my Gramma’s sister, passed on today and I didn’t hear until just about an hour ago.  So I’m sad and thinking of her farmhouse among

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After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” — I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that

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