For many years I dreaded the winter holidays almost as much as I anticipated them. As the owner of a retail business, preparations for this time of year began, literally, in spring or early summer. I needed to be sure my store was stocked with just the right unique and distinctive gifts that would appeal…
Today is a special day if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the shortest day of the year. Tonight (or early tomorrow morning depending on your time zone) we reach the Winter Solstice, afterward the sun will once again travel north and our days will slowly begin to lengthen. If you live south…
Cookies and candy and fruitcake – oh my! With less than a week to go till Christmas, some of us are ducking from a veritable deluge of rich holiday goodies. What’s that? You’ve got great self-control and you’re able to pass up that buttery poppy seed cake that your neighbor gifts you with every year?…
The homemade gift-making madness continues. Today I’ll give you a bunch of ideas for using herbs to turn regular kitchen staples into thoughtful, easy-on-the-wallet, holiday gifts. If this is your first visit to the blog – and you’re intrigued with the idea of homemade gift ideas using herbs – you might want to take a…
Almost a week into December now – got your holiday gift list taken care of yet? I didn’t think so. (And if you are one of those ridiculously organized people that had all your shopping and crafting done by the end of September – well I kind of hate you. Just kidding. Sort of.) As…
Today I’m blogging in concert with Carole Jane Treggett, Kathy Sprinkle and Sue Mitchell, on the topic of holiday consumerism. We’ve all got a different take on the subject so you’ll want to visit their posts as well. Why does my stomach hurt? Why is my head pounding? Must be time to reach for my…
Now that you’ve packed the Halloween costumes away, and started that anti-candy diet, your thoughts may be turning to those other holidays that are bearing down on us like a locomotive. If you live in the West you can’t miss the ads, the store displays, the TV commercials and billboards – all screaming at us…
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