Celebrating Famous Shelter Dogs for Adopt a Shelter Dog Month!
I’m thrilled to announce that I am a dog grandmother again! My step-daughter and her boyfriend just adopted Poppy.
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October 19, 2020
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Catastrophe Kitchen | Lamb Amazeballs
The recipe for these meatballs is Andy Baraghani’s from the December 2017 issue of Bon Apetit with a couple of minor tweaks.
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October 18, 2020
Sweatpants & Music | October 2020 | Spooky Music
Music is powerful. It has the power to make us laugh, cry, dance, and drive faster. It also has the power to make us think,
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October 17, 2020
Black Poetry Day 2020
Today, is Black Poetry Day and I wanted to write something to commemorate the day because I love poetry. I love that the way
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October 16, 2020
Cookbook Love
I’ve been actively collecting new cookbooks for three or four years now, and before that I had a little group of oddball
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October 15, 2020
Encouraging Words: Wisdom from Around the Web | Vol. 74
You never know when the right words of encouragement will come along and give you a much needed boost. Here are five
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October 14, 2020
Observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020
Lead Photo photo credit: Jay Galvin Indigenous Peoples’ Day, though not yet universally accepted or observed—is not a new
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October 12, 2020
Alzheimer’s Took My Mom’s Life. The Pandemic Took Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you decide? Could you
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October 11, 2020
ICYMI: 5 Faves You Might Have Missed | Vol. 100
Just in case you missed some of these posts from the Sweatpants & Coffee daily caffeine and encouragement files, here are
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October 9, 2020
In praise of – and in service to – the USPS
(Opinions expressed in this piece solely reflect the views of the author.) I love writing letters. (I love them so much that
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October 6, 2020
