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Yummy frozen lunches – I found one! What’s your favorite?

I like to eat sensibily and fairly frugally for lunch. I usually don’t have time to go out, so it’s often an eat-at-your-desk kind of day. If I’m lucky, I get to go to the breakroom and savor my lunch. It’s easy to gread more »

My “Beach“ Journey of Shells

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A Very Special Gift

It is almost dinnertime and I am leaning over the stove inhaling delicious aromas, as I add more vegetables and sprinkle seasonings to a simmering stew. As usual, I am cooking enough for a small army, though most of my children have left the neread more »

What Are Your Favorite Food Moments on an Ordinary Day?

Ruminations about my own daily eating quirks led me to thoughts of the twins and then of the abusive mothers in that we really don’t know people’s norms and abnorms when it comes to eating, or anything else.read more »

What We Can Learn From Storms, Rhubarb … and Lemons?

Even though my gardening endeavors have gone from full-scale, all-out yardage to container gardening on my porch, I till like to keep up with what's going on in the gardening world via blogs and newsletters.read more »

Clouds Communicate

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Public Toilet Mishaps

I went to New York this week to give a two-minute pitch about my memoir to some 200 event planners from an array of North America’s JCC’s and synagogues.read more »

Antidote to Worry: Frozen Banana and Melted Chocolate

What’s your favorite easy snack?read more »

Cleaning and Organizing Tips for a Seamless and Stress Free Move

Moving is one of the most stressful events you can endure in your lifetime. More than 40 million Americans move each year, according to findings from the U.S. Census Bureau. Couples with young children are the most likely to move a long distance and read more »

A Gift of Diamonds

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