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Seven layer cookies (aka Hello Dolly bars, aka Magic cookies)
You know how sometimes you haven’t seen close friends in months, but when you see them again, it’s like no time at all has passed? This year is emphatically not one of those times. I’ve been absent...
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No-cook cranberry orange relish
As much as I will miss the crowd at Thanksgiving this year, I may be even more wistful for the long, colorful parade of food at our usual Thanksgiving buffet. I always make the traditional basics –...
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Holiday gift ideas 2020
I might as well start this year’s gift post with Costco, since it’s my one big weekly outing in otherwise-homebound 2020. If you don’t have a membership, find a friend to grab these items for you:...
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Waisting time
I’m always on some kind of self-improvement kick, and this year I’ve tripled down. Mostly I’m focused inward – partly because I’m in that wildly introspective time known as midlife, but also because...
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Small victories
Trying on my wedding dress would be the ultimate test. A slim column of white satin, it has aged and yellowed after two decades, but its unyielding dimensions haven’t budged. I’ve aged and greyed, had...
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Resurfacing
A comment popped up on the blog recently, from “A concerned chinesegrandma enjoyer”: “HELLO CHINESE GRANDMA, HOW ARE YOU? I HOPE YOU ARE WELL. WHAT THE FRICK HAPPENED TO THE WEBSITE?” Ha. And ouch. I...
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Holiday gift ideas 2021
Christmas 2020 was only the second time we missed holiday season in Ohio in 27 years of marriage – the only other time was when I was super pregnant 18 years ago. But life teaches us to embrace change...
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Gift idea: Tila bracelets
I’ve been obsessed all year with these luminous, colorful bracelets – made from sleekly gorgeous Japanese beads – and I’m excited to share my source with you holiday elves. Made of delicate colored...
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A recipe for turning 50
Celebration is a ridiculous thing to be bad at, but it’s high on the list of the things I simply cannot do – right up there with writing legibly, holding a tune, and ping pong. When I turned 50 a year...
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Holiday gift ideas 2023
Now that my kids are older, I’m trying to ease out of the Mrs Claus business. So I was thinking maybe I didn’t have a lot to offer for gift ideas in 2023, even though I’ve never skipped a holiday gift...
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