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Serve these healthy (but tasty) side dishes with your turkey to avoid Turkey Day guilt.
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The Transportation Security Administration wants to "simplifly" the security line for you.
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I suppose that if your last Thanksgiving went particular bad you wound up wearing the turkey rather than eating it. Take heart, if you wind up wearing the pumpkin pie or standing on the potatoes, there are actual beautifying preparations that require those very ingredients to be used in just… Read More »
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Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is one of the many books that our generation has rediscovered upon becoming parents. It's ubiquitous -- found in every library, bookstore, and preschool classroom. And yet, rereading it again for the first time in thirty (or so) years can come as a bit of a shock. Many parents we know have commented: "It's so depressing!" And on one level, that is perfectly true. A boy and a tree have an idyllic, playful, nurturing relationship that is forever transformed when the boy, inevitably, begins to grow up. Now he doesn't want to play; he wants apples for money. And then wood for a house. And then a tree trunk to make a boat. And then, finally, a stump to rest upon. The tree offers him everything he needs, and each time he accepts, the progressively shorn and mutilated tree is "happy." Read More »
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Have you seen Sharon Stone's new red carpet outfit? It reminds me of cafe waitress meets the Fonz. I hope you are all having a great Saturday. Its a little cool and overcast here in Cave Springs, Missouri. I am happy to report my son Andrew has lost another 20 pounds so says his…
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Ah, it's the holidays. A time of year when friends and families spend lots of quality time together. A time when bad habits and annoying relatives can surface and leave a bad aftertaste. With this in…
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The other day I posed (what I thought was) an important question to my Canadian boyfriend: When do Canadians start decorating and shopping for the holidays if they don't have Thanksgiving as a benchmark?
(Quick historical background: Canadians do have Thanksgiving, but it's in October for some reason, far too early to serve as a threshold for the holiday season.)
His answer was woefully unsatisfying (it amounted to a confused head shake and a doubtful "December first?"), but I guess that's not entirely his fault. Even here in the good ol' US of A we've thrown that whole "holiday decorations up after Thanksgiving" tradition out the window. These days there are wreaths on doors by early November and stores are already chock full of cool gift sets like these.
What do you think, are we jumping the gun on the holiday season or do you welcome the ever-earlier return of decorations, carols and gingerbread smells wafting in the air?
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Continuing our month of answering your Thanksgiving-related questions, I'd like to address the subject of dry-brining. There's…
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Thanksgiving is one of those holidays firmly planted in the realm of "the bigger, the better": large family gatherings, lavish dinners and no small amounts of hustle and bustle. But what if, by some wayward circumstance, you and your significant other find yourselves just a duo this holiday season? Here are three simple and fun ways to partake in the spirit of Turkey Day, when it's just two of you. Read More »
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