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Gardening was one of my mother’s passions. It didn’t start out as one of mine. Pulling weeds was not something I would have put in the “fun” category when I was younger. Saying the words “I’m bored” in the summer usually landed me in my mom’s rock garden trying to determine what WAS a weed. [...]
…and all over the internet, people are posting beautiful, aspirational photographs of flora and foliage in their gardens slowly unfurling and bursting into bloom. How lovely. I shall mentally add them to the Pinterest board in my brain to the board entitled “nice things that I don’t have and will never ever achieve” along with [...]
Last summer, my husband bought me an invisibility cloak. Want to see? Here it is: Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking it looks like a completely ordinary hideous anorak/waterproof coat hybrid that outdoorsy people wear. You are wrong. It is an invisibility cloak. I was unaware of its special powers at first. I [...]
In my spare time, I’m a Recess/Cafeteria Aide. A friend was an aide and I let her talk me into joining her about 2 years ago. I run Comfy Cozy out of my home so I thought it would be “good for me” to get out for a few hours a day and I could see [...]
We stepped outside the door as the snow started to fall down on our warm faces. The joy in Paige’s face could light up an entire town. We were rushing out the door because we were late, as always, but I had to stop to take in the first real snow of the year. “It’s [...]
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