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December 16thNational Chocolate Covered Anything Day Today’s Making Merry focus was a toss-up between Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birthday and National Chocolate Covered Anything Day. Beethoven, had he still lived, would have been 254 years old today. It’s amazing that his...
Small gift a word is when nothing more than “Hello” can light someone's face Not much fanfare for December 14th except it is National Monkey Day. I wonder if they have a day for other primates? How about having a National Humans Day! Or better yet, how about a Just...
I’ve been carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders for too long. Last night, I decided to remove it I reverently lifted that bleak burden and consigned it to a dark corner of the room where it sat glaring guilt in the dark. This morning, I threw a worn quilt...
When I think about the gifts my children have given to me, the ones that I will cherish forever are things they made for me. I have a painted wooden block my daughter gave to me when she was in college that was part of a children’s chair she had designed. On one side...
Throughout Italy, March 19, is Father's Day, but in Sicily, this day is known as the Festa di San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph being the adoptive father of Jesus). St Joseph is also the patron saint of carpenters and artisans so, as an artisan, a nod in his direction today...
I admit it – I never intended to sell bowl cozies. You could say I was a bowl cozy snob. I saw them stacked haphazardly on tables at craft fairs, looking like something the seller or the craftsperson hadn’t put much pride into making or displaying, and they didn’t...