Category Archives: News

The Seasonal, Annual, Holiday, Snuffling Cold

Posted on November 28, 2012 by This Woman Writes

I feel yucky. My nose is stuffed, I cough — twice — every 30 seconds, I can’t hear through the plugging of my ears, there’s a chill that has nothing to do with a draft, my lithesome form drapes lethargically … Continue reading →

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Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really

Posted on November 19, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But it’s what I … Continue reading →

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Mr. Smith Stays out of Washington

Posted on November 15, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Tired-of-Being-Youngest is attending culinary school, which I assure you is just as delicious as it sounds. I can’t wait until spring quarter, when she studies Baking and Pastries, and am sure that I will work off all of her homework … Continue reading →

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Writing, Blogging, and Speaking, Intelligently

Posted on November 8, 2012 by This Woman Writes

I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” While this may peg me as a language snob, I think twice before I listen to a … Continue reading →

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Three Simple Steps to Solving the World’s Problems

Posted on October 31, 2012 by This Woman Writes

The beauty about solving the world’s problems is that you don’t have to be rich, famous, or running for president to do so — all these people propound, and often push through, their ideas, which ultimately don’t work any better … Continue reading →

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Let Freedom Ring — Start with School Lunch

Posted on October 24, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting “process.” Somehow, it’s just not the same thing, sitting down at … Continue reading →

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Awash with Squash

Posted on October 17, 2012 by This Woman Writes

It was a dark and stormy night. Amidst the raging wind, and while I sat cosily knitting on the couch, The Norwegian Artist and the Son and Heir brought in the last of the garden’s harvest. (Those of you who … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Chicken and Quinoa Soup with Cubed Delicata Squash

Posted on October 17, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Soup is fast, easy, cheap, nutritious, and flexible. If you don’t have some of the ingredients, don’t worry: use rice instead of quinoa; pumpkin in place of delicata squash; leftover chicken instead of a frozen chicken thigh. Vary your spices, … Continue reading →

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The Jane Austen Cocktail Party Game

Posted on October 10, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Halloween is weeks away, and we all know what that means. Yep. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat (by the way, have you, or anyone you know, ever actually eaten a goose?), and the round of cocktail parties … Continue reading →

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“The Least of These” Are Great Indeed

Posted on October 3, 2012 by This Woman Writes

Wisdom comes  from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed before naptime, but there’s more substance to it … Continue reading →

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