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Good morning! Well, I’ve “threatened” to do it for many years now and now it’s come to fruition. Here is my own braggy and mostly exaggerated Christmas letter. Please enjoy with a bit of good humor! Today I am grateful (once again) for the gift of humor. It has become so very important to meContinue reading “Advent 2021: Day 24”

Good morning! It’s a rare thing that life ever actually turns out like we’ve planned. (Ask me how I know?) Although you probably know that from everything that was canceled in the last couple of years: flights, weddings, concerts, Christmas parties– the list could go on and on! Fortunately, we humans are gifted with theContinue reading “Advent 2021: Day 23”

Good morning! Sometimes it’s just living that teaches the best lessons. Maybe that meant learning the hard way that you shouldn’t run beside a pool. Learning that people will absolutely let you do everything for them without reciprocating if you don’t set boundaries, first. Perhaps that dating the “bad boy” always ends badly. Or thatContinue reading “Advent 2021: Day 22”

Good morning! One of the neat things about growing up in my household was that we were encouraged to experience other cultures through their languages, food, and even film and TV. Our parents had the benefit of growing up in the “Melting Pot” of NYC and passed on a love of international cuisine and languages.Continue reading “Advent 2021: Day 21”

Good morning! Can you believe that Christmas is only a week away? The other day a friend remarked that this year really flew by in a major contrast to 2020. It’s crazy to think that we’re already two years into all this stuff. Two years of constant tension and stress, it seems. Every time IContinue reading “Advent 2021: Day 18”

Good morning and Happy Friday! Well, it’s official: winter weather has arrived. It was a slow slide for this neck of the woods as opposed to last year when it snowed in early October. Now it’s beginning to look like December. You know what’s great, though? A home with a working heater. If you’ve spentContinue reading “Advent 2021: Day 17”