Fall family living A-Z
— September 24, 2020It’s officially fall. Kids storm through the front door after school and toss their backpacks in the hallway; you’re just home from work, and there’s dinner to be made and maybe…
Tag: family time
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Make lamplight polka-dot bright
— September 3, 2020I love lampshades and how they create character in a room. Sometimes they hearken back to a more romantic time. Just walk into a specialty lampshade store and notice the beautiful silk…
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Fresh fruit, berry pie is late summer treat
— August 28, 2020Looking upward on a morning run, I was caught off guard when I spotted branches of leaves that were green, turning to yellow and orange. “Whoa,” I said between breaths, “not yet!”…
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Road Trips: Pull up your car for a night at the movies
— August 12, 2020Each summer, movie fans count on the release of the big summer blockbusters. Heading to the movie theater has been an escape from the afternoon heat, a family evening out or a favorite…
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A cool salad for hot summer days
— July 10, 2020EDITOR’S NOTE: Angela Shelf Medearis runs a nonprofit social services organization in Austin, Texas, that has been swamped during the COVID-19 crisis. She is taking a break from her…
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Now’s the time to think about summer salsa
— September 3, 2020When tomatoes and peppers are ripe and plentiful, folks will wonder what to do with all that produce. Salsa is one good option. How hot the salsa is depends on the kind of peppers that…
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Weave nature finds, yarn on stick loom
— August 13, 2020My friend Bonnie is a professional weaver. I know she’s a pro, not only because it says so on her labels, but when I watched her weaving at her traditional Swedish loom, I was taken…
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Hammer natural prints with garden leaves
— July 31, 2020Green leaves just don’t get the attention they deserve. Usually, we “ooh” and “aah” in the fall at the emerging splashy colors of crimson and golden leaves on trees and bushes….
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