Category Archives: success

Recipe: Poor Man’s Cottage Potatoes

Posted on August 27, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Cottage potatoes are like roses — we all use the same name, but no one cottage potato dish is identical to another. My cottage potatoes are crispy little squares of crunchy on the outside, mmmmm on the inside, especially when … Continue reading →

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What You Want, Matters

Posted on August 26, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art — Steve Says: “One of the things I enjoy most about dealing directly with art collectors and clients is . . . dealing directly with people. Each … Continue reading →

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Support Everyday Americans When You Support Small Business

Posted on August 23, 2013 by This Woman Writes

My sandals are falling apart. Not the leather ones that the dog chewed up; structurally, those shoes were fine. No, these are sandals that I purchased from a reputable store with a big-chain name, the kind of place I’m supposed … Continue reading →

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Homeschooling Young Children

Posted on August 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

On a regular basis, I troll through various Facebook pages (“troll” is a such a nicer word than “stalk”) and run into post after post that looks like this: “I am homeschooling my five-year-old for kindergarten this year and I … Continue reading →

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Is the Bible Boring?

Posted on August 21, 2013 by This Woman Writes

One summer when I must have been insane, I agreed to join a small women’s Bible study given by a deaconess at the church we then attended. “You must be insane,” the Norwegian Artist commented when I told him. “You … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Peanut Butter Smoothies

Posted on August 20, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I was in a mall the other day (I still don’t know why) when we passed by a smoothies bar. “Oh, look,” my shopping companion effused. “Smoothies! I love smoothies!” So do I actually, but fortunately I (and you) don’t … Continue reading →

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There Is Always Hope

Posted on August 20, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve., the free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art. Steve Says: “Hope is such an overused word. Politicians bandy it about as in, ‘The hopes of the middle class,’ and ‘the hope for … Continue reading →

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How to Encourage Your Child to Read

Posted on August 15, 2013 by This Woman Writes

For two years, we lived as a family of six in a renovated barn while we built our house. Available living space was somewhat under 1200 square feet, with a chunk of that devoted to the Norwegian Artist’s office — … Continue reading →

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How to — Not — Evangelize

Posted on August 14, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I drive a Honda Fit. It’s a great little car, and more than once random strangers have approached me and asked about gas mileage, maneuverability, and cost; I show them how the back seats go up and down to create … Continue reading →

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Excellence, Not Perfection

Posted on August 13, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the free e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “I like to think that Santa is really really good at what he does, but he doesn’t worry about perfection. If there is a … Continue reading →