Recent Posts
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MINDFUL OF MY MINDSET
My mantra of the summer: let’s look at that through a “growth mindset”. I have to thank my sister for recommending Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck. As a parent and a teacher, I wish I had come across this book 25 years ago! Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. This is definitely my WOW book ... Read More » -
EVERYONE LIKES A BARGAIN
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ENCHANTED AND ENCHANTING…
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VIVA LA FRANCE (PARTE DEUX)
Last week, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit two wineries in France. The first, Pol Roger, I wrote about in an earlier post. The second, Hugel et Fils, located in Alsace (a region of France that has, as a result of its close proximity to Germany, had to change its loyalties, language and friends every 50 ... Read More » -
GIMBALED FUNICULARS AND BIVALVE PLAYERS
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VIVA LA FRANCE (PARTE UN)
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FANTASY FOOTBALL FOR DUMMIES
From the beginning of football season until the Super Bowl, I live in a world of cryptic sentences and unfamiliar names, inside jokes and stealth maneuvering that leaves me utterly confused. Fantasy Football season is upon us once again and once again, I stand baffled on the sidelines. My dangerously cool younger sister is actually a part of the Fantasy ... Read More » -
AUTUMN PICKS
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MAPLE SYRUP & COCKTAILS
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THE 12 WINES OF CHRISTMAS
As the holiday week nears, we prepare in our home to celebrate Christmas en masse, as only can be accomplished when the Cichello clan gathers. Seven kids in ten years, all now with life partners, thirteen grandchildren, four dogs, and a bun in the oven. We are massive numbers, and now that so many of the grandchildren are grown adults, we ... Read More » -
LIVING IN A WHEAT-LESS WORLD
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THE END OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR
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JUST DESSERTS
If you had ever told me that I would wake up at 8:30 in the morning with thoughts of trying a new recipe pushing me out of bed and into the kitchen, I would’ve laughed in your face. And probably gone back to bed. I don’t know if was some kind of subconscious backlash against the idea of a woman ... Read More » -
THE LAZY BAKER
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THE SWEET AND THE SPICY
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KEEPING YOUR COOL
Although I was born in British Columbia, Canada I would say that I grew up in the heat of Delaware summers, where the temperatures routinely spiked upwards of 90 and the humidity ensured that everything was soft and limpid by 11 a.m. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird (do not even get me started on Go Set A ... Read More » -
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
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MINDFUL OF MY MINDSET