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Chanukah 2021 is here (AKA: Our second COVID Chanukah)! At least this time we can actually have socially supported gatherings. Phew.  I don’t know about...
Every year, it amazes me how fast the holidays approach. I mean, didn’t we just start back to school yesterday?! And, what, tomorrow is...
Gingerbread cookies are such a classic treat for the holidays. I have always loved eating gingerbread cookies, but I just bought mine from a store....
I think many parents have realized that babies don’t need much. Once you start celebrating holidays and first birthdays, you also come to the...
  ::Photo by Kristy Dooley Photography:: As we get ready to enter 2014, I wanted to take a chance to reflect on the past year. Being a...
I LOVE the holiday season! From Thanksgiving through the New Year, I’m all about the peppermint mochas and the spirit of giving and turkey...
Thanksgiving traditions are on the cutting board this month as I redefine my expectations for the holiday, 2020-style. Just like everything else this year,...
Kids are back in school, the leaves are falling, and stores are decking their halls with holiday paraphernalia. Good, bad or indifferent, soon the...
This holiday season is proving to be as strange as the rest of 2020, but one thing is still true: I’ll always need last-minute...

Pondering Tradition…

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  I love Christmas, I mean I LOVE Christmas.  It’s always been my most favorite holiday and...
The holiday giving season is right around the corner… and it will be upon us before we know it. Before moving to Vermont, each year...
Valentine’s Day. It’s a day for love and romance. A day for kisses and hugs, and wearing your heart on your sleeve. It’s a...
At some point in the fall, I was observing my two kids (ages 6 and 7, at the time) playing with LEGOs. They were...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...