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A Few Things I'll Serve Again
There's the food, the fall inspired cocktails and mocktails, the roses and linen, and the little touches I like having ready when guests arrive.
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A Little Practical Magic for My Granddaughter’s Halloween
My four year old granddaughter is going to be a witch for Halloween, and I’m going to try to show up for her as a witch.
By Tammy
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Weekend Plans
I’m thinking of dressing up as me. Do you think I can trick Mom into giving me treats?
By Nova
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The Life Happening in Between
I have a lot I hope to enjoy between now and the end of the year. Whether I actually do is another question.
By Tammy
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The Paws I Miss
As the first anniversary of Reese's passing approaches, I keep remembering what we were doing a year ago.
By Tammy
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There's the food, the fall inspired cocktails and mocktails, the roses and linen, and the little touches I like having ready when guests arrive.
By Tammy
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What We Learn to Work Around
It started with mosquitoes and rearranging Thanksgiving. Then I began thinking about everything else I had learned to work around.
By Tammy
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The Final Quarter
What Do You Want to Spend Yours On?
By Tammy
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A Few Things: Different This October
My granddaughter had little interest in agricultural timing, so we picked flowers instead.
By Tammy
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What Actually Needs to Happen This Week?
Some things can wait, even when I would prefer they didn’t.
By Tammy
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Notes From the Week: Everyone Together
Everyone together. That's the week I'll remember.
By Tammy
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I Remain Unconvinced
I have listened to the explanation. I understand what was said.
By Sage
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Do the Thing You’ve Been Putting Off
Unfinished work is different from work I am avoiding.
By Tammy
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Another Option
For years, I have been trying to find a mouthwash dispenser that actually works.
By Tammy
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A Few Things: Fall
Fall in Southern California doesn’t always look or feel the way we think fall should.
By Tammy
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Notes From the Week: The Dinner That Did
I was enjoying the one that did.
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Hope
Sometimes it is simply believing that what I can see right now is not all there is.
By Tammy
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Protecting My Peace
Sometimes the peace we are looking for comes from facing what we are trying to avoid.
By Tammy
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Five Years Later
One of the biggest changes is how differently we understand time. We now understand that we will not have each other forever.
By Tammy
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A Few Things I Believe In
If I say I am going to do something, I do it.
By Tammy
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What I Still Want to Create
Finding my way back to writing.
By Tammy
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“I’m training for adventures I don’t even know I want to take yet.”
By Tammy
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A room that has to survive the people and animals who live in it.
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Taking Care When I'd Rather Not
I didn't want to get the blood draw, but I went anyway.
By Tammy
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Notes From the Week: A Week Can Hold a Lot
Friday morning started with five unexpected guests in the pool. Apparently, our pool looked like a perfectly good place for a morning swim.
By Tammy
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Objection. Ready.
My mom has decided I need help with my face.
Leila and Nassim
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Preparing Early
I start preparing for Thanksgiving in September.
By Tammy
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The Pomegranate Tree
A tree on the hill and a family’s history.
By Tammy
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My Wash-Day Hair Guide
Here’s my wash-day routine, coming from a hairstylist who also struggles with a flaky scalp.
By Virginia, licensed hairstylist · Studio Noir Murrieta
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A Few Things I’m Taking Note Of Right Now.
The people, discoveries, and moments that are making my days richer right now.
By Tammy
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Unmoved
“Composure has very little to do with posture.”
By Sage
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