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Junk Drawer Treasures
When my husband and I moved into our house about twenty years ago, I did not plan on having a kitchen junk drawer, but one just materialized over time and is now filled with …well, a lot of junk. There are some pens, scissors, little light bulbs, a lanyard keychain my niece made at camp at least ten years ago, a ping pong ball (was that a toy for the cat?!), a plastic Santa Claus…
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Relax and Color
As I prepared to write a blog entry during the first days of August, I stumbled across the fact that August 2 of each year is National Coloring Book Day. It seems that a company…
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Reading to Children
I am an English teacher who truly believes in the power and importance of language and the value of reading!!! But I am definitely not alone…not by a long shot! The value of reading, no…
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Act of Mercy
Reading the local newspaper, the Times Union, last week, I came across a fascinating series of articles by Paul Grondahl, a long-time feature writer for the paper. The articles introduced me to a yearly event…
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Pokémon Go
OK...I just can’t avoid the topic for this week’s blog: Pokémon Go. Yikes!!!! Everywhere I turn from Facebook to the TV to the internet, there are stories about this smartphone game that everyone is supposedly…
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