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Category Archive: Hearth and Home

May 12 2013

Canine Nurse?

My husband, Don, continues his recuperation after surgery, but fear not that I am leaving for work each day with him needing to fend for himself.  I have plenty of homemade soups in the freezer and fridge, and he has a full-time furry companion to ensure that plenty of time is spent together snoozing on the …

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Apr 29 2013

What Happened to the Digital Age?

Here I sit in the Georgetown University Hospital surgical center while Don undergoes what hopefully should be rather routine surgery. He’s had some health challenges over the past decade and, unfortunately, is way more familiar with hospitals and surgical procedures than he should be. However, it is interesting to me that one thing has not …

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Apr 26 2013

The Road Not Taken

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I have been known to get motion sickness from reading too many emails in a D.C. cab, and I once had to ask the carousel ride operator to stop a merry-go-round ride I was on with my children, because we simply had done too many spins around and my stomach was having an “out of …

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Apr 17 2013

A Tale of Two Yards

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It’s that time of year when the grass starts to turn green, tree buds pop open and birds wake up chirping early in the morning. Ah, spring … unless, of course, you live in the Dakotas or Minnesota. (I hear that another snowstorm is heading their way. Yikes!) It’s also the time of year when it’s easy …

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