Archives in Category: Special Events

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Atkins

Posted on December 5, 2005

Earl and I are on the Atkins Diet, the one where you can eat anything you want as long as it isn’t milk, bread, pasta, potatoes, fruit, or desserts. We’ve done this before to more or less success; and, although

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 3, 2005

For years, I tried to be politically correct and theologically sensitive around this time of year. In the waning days that I sent cards, they were holiday greetings. When I was in charge of the company’s annual party, the word

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Christmas Trees

Posted on November 26, 2005

It’s become a new tradition (I suppose this is an oxymoron, but traditions have to start somewhere.) that my aunt and I trim her Christmas tree during our annual Thanksgiving visit. And I have my friend, Noreen, to thank for

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2005

Originally, Thanksgiving honored the friendship between the early settlers and the indigenous Indians who helped them survive those first harsh winters in America. It was a time to break bread together and give thanks for food and friends.

Times

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Party Time

Posted on November 22, 2005

Last night I attended a jewelry party, hosted by my friend Jeannine in her home. Not ever having attended one before, I didn’t know quite what to expect.

Was I walking into something like a Tupperware® party, where the guests

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CMA Awards

Posted on November 15, 2005

Tonight the CMA Awards take center stage; for the uninitiated, it is the Country Music Association’s big night, equal to the Oscars in film, the Emmys in television, and the Tonys in live theatre.

I’m an awards show junkie, so

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Judith Pearson

Posted on November 14, 2005

Yesterday afternoon Earl all but dragged me to a book signing at The Box Factory, a local artists’ hangout. He wanted to hear author Judith Pearson speak about her recent book, The Wolves at the Door, which chronicles the life

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Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2005

Tonight is Halloween, that night when ghosts and goblins reign. Or at least, youngsters dressed as ghosts and goblins. Most years of late, I’ve tried to be away from home on this night, preferring to leave my porch light off

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Bonding

Posted on October 29, 2005

Baseball’s October frenzy, also known as the World Series, is over. Chicago’s White Sox won. And more than one media interview said it was a team effort. I believe it.

In fact, it was such a team effort that Earl

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Harriet No More

Posted on October 28, 2005

Yesterday the media announced that Harriet Miers had written a letter to President Bush requesting that he withdraw her name from nomination as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Reluctantly, he did so.

Now President Bush is not someone

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