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After a decade or more of ordering through many demonstrators, I finally joined the Stampin’ Up!® team. Stampin’ Up!® provides an exclusive line of decorative stamp sets and accessories for handmade cards, scrapbooking, craft projects and home decor. Their products are not available in stores but may be purchased online or through the catalog or…
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After over a year and a half of no travel, I’m ecstatic to post an addition to my “Weird List” Travel Blogs. I’ve logged strange things from DeKalb, High Point North Carolina, Austin Texas, and Ireland. Twice. For those of you new to this idea, or in need of a reminder, a “weird list” is…
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You may remember a post I wrote about coffee creamers. It was May of 2020, we were barely into the covid lockdown, but it was already impacting our lives. I blogged about missing the little things like restaurant meet-ups with my writer friends, laughter, hugs, and free coffee refills with a bowl full of creamers…
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ONE Don’t forget to leave me a message with the TITLE of one of my blog posts so you’ll be entered into a drawing for a FIFTY DOLLAR PRIZE! Simply comment wherever you see this post or email me at LiteraryMary@comcast.net. Details can be read here. The winner will be randomly selected and announced next…
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I was really touched by an article I read in the Chicago Tribune last year. “The Gifts that Stay With Us for a Lifetime” was a collection of stories about ‘gifts’ and their lasting effect. You may remember I blogged about the article and requested people share their memories. I ran THREE days worth of…
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When my six year old grandson comes over to visit, he spends a lot of time playing. He runs, jumps, and bounces. He kicks, lunges, and swings various limbs. He lands, tumbles, rolls, and repeats. He hops from chair arm to ottoman to sofa cushion, over and back again. He talks when he’s playing–giving orders,…
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I’ll get it–I will!I just need a minute or two to think about it…or, you know, purposely NOT think about it. (Because for whatever reason, THAT works.) We all suffer on occasion from that “tip of the tongue” thing.Which, by the way, has a scientific name. Lethologica is the inability to remember a particular word.…


