Tag Archives: Thanksgiving

Feeling Sad During the Holiday Season

Posted on November 27, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Whether you say Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah, the fleeting weeks beginning with Thanksgiving and ending at the New Year are a time of celebration, activity, music, joy and . . . sadness. Part of being … Continue reading →

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Recipes: Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Ice Cream

Posted on November 26, 2013 by This Woman Writes

With Thanksgiving kicking off the holiday season this week, it’s a given that this week’s recipe will involve pumpkin. Lucky you — I originally was going to give you just one recipe — that for Pumpkin Pancakes — but as … Continue reading →

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Living Green? Don’t Be Weird about It

Posted on December 1, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I know you’re concerned, but don’t be. My inner green girl was fine: she recognizes a bag of trash when she sees it, and it’s beyond even my obsessive nature to piece a king-sized bedspread with fraying clumps of crumpled cloth French kissed by dust bunnies and entwined with bent straight pins.

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Thanksgiving is a mindset, not a day

Posted on November 23, 2011 by This Woman Writes

We have entered a season of thankfulness that encompasses more than one day of overeating and wrestling with a 25-pound bird, kickoff to a purchasing and partying frenzy that is somehow linked to a message and a Messiah totally unrelated to fat men in red suits. Continue reading →

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You Don’t Have to Feel Thankful to Be Thankful

Posted on November 22, 2010 by This Woman Writes

When you’re pregnant, it seems as if everyone around you, including men, is pregnant as well. Well, we’re not pregnant (breathe, mom; we’ve honestly stopped at four), but we do look around us and see a number of people in a … Continue reading →