My last post of the year is usually about accomplishments, goals not yet met and hopes for the days after the calendar flips over. But this year was dominated by an unexpected occurrence in May. The inexplicable loss of our young friend, Lauren Davis Shirakawa, and how her passing has forever changed the lives of our dear friends, her parents, and therefore our lives as well. …
This year I put my money where the farm is, and decided to shop locally for a bird. The Turkey Shoppe is a few minutes’ drive away in Talbotville, so in I went and got Mr. Frozen Turkey at a good price. I chose frozen because I wanted to get him early and beat the rush. …
For the past few years, I’ve set out our leg lamp inspired by the movie, A Christmas Story, on a table in front of our livingroom window. Outside of the holidays, the lamp lives in our guest bedroom, where it provides illumination of the dresser top. This year I decided it would stay there. …
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Derek and I don’t make public declarations about our relationship. Occasionally, there’ll be a compliment or a jokingly sarcastic comment on social media, but that’s mostly meant to entertain. Whatever we think or feel about each other tends to stay between us. …
When I told my brother about how I ended up with a mittful of Starbucks cards, he called it Ungifting and suggested I might be on the leading edge of a new trend. I’ll share the story and let you decide. …
When it’s gotten stressful at work, I’ve often jokingly said, “I’m going to start an alpaca farm”. …
Thanks to my former colleague Mike Eppel for digging this up from his “Welcome to CKNX” kit in 1989. …
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Some people are cat people, some are dog people and for a while, I was a lizard person. …
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We’re going to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party this weekend, much to the chagrin of elderly Christmas fans everywhere. …
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This weekend gave us the opportunity to use fresh eyes to show our dear friend Eric around London. Â …
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I was pretty sure I’d never be a Mom. But I got to scratch my Mommy itch when Tabitha and I became Big and Little Sisters a long, long time ago. Â …
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Science is my guiding force in this life. I’m not likely to believe in things I can’t see and although I don’t pooh-pooh anyone else’s philosophies of life, I have a healthy skepticism for them. Live and let live, I say. So imagine my surprise when I found out that I’d been experiencing a paranormal phenomenon, without even realizing it. …