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  • Fractured

    I've just recently begun a book entitled "Snoop", about the psychology of discovering a person's true personality by analyzing their belongings. One of the things you must be aware of, says the author, is the discrepanc…

  • Verizon Vs. U.S. Cellular

    I'm thinking about switching cell phone providers, but change makes me nervous. We've been with U.S. Cellular for several years now. We got them when we were living at camp and they were literally the only service that…

  • Breathing Underwater

    A few years back I was asked: "If you could have one superpower, what would it be?" My son stipulated no flying, as that has always been my standard answer. So since flying was out the window (haha), I went with the n…

  • Blank Pages

    The other day I walked through the room and found my son watching the last few minutes of Back to the Future, I think number 3. Emmet and his wife and children are about to blast off in their futuristic train and Marty'…

  • Endings (and Beginnings)

    One more year is about to end, the last page in the calendar used up and 365 more days of life to mold who we are and who we are becoming.My last year has been... hmm... many things. But if I needed to sum it up in one …

  • Phrases To Make You Pause

    Generally, I am the one speaking these phrases that catch people unaware. Yesterday I was in a waiting area, at a table with a couple other people I did not know, and talking on the phone. (Yes, I am one of those peopl…

  • Where were you one year ago today?

    At Camp Manitoumi. I had to check last year's blog to see what I was up to. It was the end of Awana camp, I had lost 24 pounds and I had just finished celebrating my birthday.Compared to this year:Location: Hampton, I…

  • The news is out about four teenage boys dying in a tornado at a BoyScout camp in Iowa. My heart goes out to all involved. Having just spent the last 5 years at camp full time, I can only imagine the devestating pain to…

  • Little Pleasures

    There are a few things I miss about camp life.... the pool, the great hiking territory, living in the middle of nowhere, and of course all the wonderful friends we made from staffers to campers.HOWEVER, it has been an ad…

  • To Find a Deal

    K, so the truth is, I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Always have been. 'Course, maybe a better term is that I'm a "careful shopper". My mother tells the story that when I was a little girl-- ("cuando era nina"... one of the…

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