Good Riddance 2009
I’m so glad this year is over—especially this last week. I’ve had a cold and cough and it seems a fitting way to end this dismal year.
Read More »Holidays
Whose Home for the Holidays?
Where will you and your family spend the holidays? Who will be there and who will decide the answers to these questions? Successful celebrations will require group planning.
Read More »Feeling Pressure Over Holiday Celebrations and Expectations?
As you plan your holiday celebrations, pay close attention to your feelings. Are you looking forward to the holidays or filled with a sense of dread?
Read More »Thanksgiving Evokes Memories of Favorite Sweet Potato Recipe
Thanksgiving family traditions evoke memories of cooking, playing games together, and an enduring Thanksgiving recipe for grapefruit-topped sweet potatoes.
Read More »Bunch of Grapes Halloween Costume
For Halloween I discovered a “grape” idea for my granddaughters’ costumes – bunches of grapes, from the website Grandloving. Use balloons, felt and safety pins.
Read More »Have a Happy, Safe and Unleaded Halloween
I hate to be the ogre in your Halloween festivities – The Center for Health, Environment & Justice has a scary Halloween warning: face paint and masks contain harmful chemicals
Read More »President Barack Obama Immortalized in Chopped Liver
Couple sculpts a chopped liver portrait of President Barack Obama
Read More »Celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Kitchen
Spending New Year’s Eve cooking a gourmet dinner and reviewing the year.
Read More »My Dad’s Latke Recipe
One of the rituals I enjoy most about the Chanukah is frying potato latkes—a tradition I learned from watching my dad prepare them every year for our family Chanukah party.
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