What do you get when you take one pickup truck with bed extender, add two futon mattresses and 12 blankets, and throw in ten people? (Besides something wildly illegal in most states) A Christmas tradition for us and two other families. Every year we meet just outside the gate of Lake Lanier’s Magical Nights of [...]

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Robin’s back in business! Go visit her to see all the other great poetry! UPDATED FRIDAY EVENING: Poor Robin’s site has been down all day due to a dead computer. So I’ve changed a couple permalinks in this post. And I guess we’ll just have to be patient until she gets [...]

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We certainly did. The cast: Six adults, six kids (four of them under 7). The menu: Smoked turkey, chestnut stuffing, gravy, collard greens, and broccoli with homemade cheese sauce. For dessert: pumpkin and apple pies. (I made the pumpkin pie.) (Yay, me!) Charlie did his usual culinary magic. [...]

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The rest of this week, I’ll focus on Thanksgiving and the blessings I’m grateful for. But for today, let me follow retailers’ lead and focus on Christmas. HEY. At least I’m doing this in November, not September. Be grateful for small favors. *** As I was saying…. Yesterday I found the “All Christmas All the [...]

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Another leftover birthday cake resides in our fridge. Goodie bags full of candy from a pinata litter the house. Every room in the house contains at least one new gift and/or its packaging. My Little Pony RV over here. Coloring book in there. Unopened package of 1000 beads for jewelry-making (I obviously did something to [...]

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