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Elise Seyfried
Collectible

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9 years ago

I am a collector. For years, I collected turtles--sculptures of all sizes and made of everything...
Elise Seyfried
Auld Lang Syne

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9 years ago

We got a Christmas card this year from my sister-in-law Jean Marie. In it, was a yellowed clipping...
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A Very KonMari Christmas

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9 years ago

This is what happens when you read Marie Kondo’s bestselling book on the Japanese art of tidying up...
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What Not to Wear

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9 years ago

Rose and Julie are home for Thanksgiving, which can mean only one thing: a marathon viewing of TLC’...
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Playgroup Redux

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9 years ago

Yesterday morning, at age 58, I hosted a playgroup at church. My grandson Aiden accompanied me (...
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Pulling it Off

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9 years ago

In some areas of my life, I can pull things off well enough. The performance of Steve’s play “...
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Queen of Denial

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9 years ago

I live in a perpetual state of denial, about almost everything. Just one example: I haven’t been to...
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Too Many Hats

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9 years ago

Clarification: this is not a post about millinery. I have owned a mere handful of hats in my...
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On the Transmigration of Souls

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9 years ago

I remember I was watching the Today show when the first reports came in. It seemed a plane had...
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Starting Strong

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9 years ago

Stop me if you’ve heard this one (from me): Aiden has been off-the-charts cute this month (what’s...
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To the Left, To the Left

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9 years ago

Well, true to form, I missed National Left Handers Day (yesterday). We Lefties are too busy saving...
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Life is a Beach

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9 years ago

There is nothing (and I mean nothing) like the silence when people you adore leave the house after...
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Stepping Up My Game

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9 years ago

Been quite awhile since I’ve had a dose of culture. I am known for buying books (especially in...
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Writes Well with Others? Not Me!

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9 years ago

My friends Ellen and Joyce write essays and blog as a team (The Word Mavens). They work together to...
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Money Money Money Money

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9 years ago

My first paid position came about when I was six years old. Every summer, my sister and I would...
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Why I Don't Hate Mother's Day

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9 years ago

I’ve been reading all the pro- and anti-Mother’s Day comments on Facebook and in the news. Those...
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Butterfly Effect

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9 years ago

One of my favorite sights of spring is the arrival of the butterflies. Butterflies, those amazing...
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Fiercely Dependent

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9 years ago

I was walking with my friend Sherri yesterday morning, and a topic of conversation was the age...
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Purely Research

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9 years ago

I do work hard in my office at church. Promise. But you’d never know it to look at my browsing...
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Hotly Contested

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9 years ago

Aaaand I just hit “send.” Done! I have emailed my entries for this year’s National Society of...