by Dawn | Nov 30, 2015 | family
Twas the month before Christmas and all through the house The tree decorated, no fight from the spouse. Each year we argue with all of our might About bangles and ornaments–those god-blasted lights. “The red bows are cluttered, they can’t all go...
by Dawn | Dec 20, 2013 | family
Friday. TGIF. The last day…before Christmas break. The world is rejoicing. We…just…have…to…survive…today. I brought the gifts I made for my advisory students yesterday. Getting a jump on Christmas, like most of America. I forgot two...
by Dawn | Dec 22, 2012 | family, food, gratitude, Rhode Island
This is something I can now ascertain with metaphysical certitude. There will be no snow. It was fifty degrees when I closed up shop for Christmas vacation, walking out of the school in a flurry of high-fives after what seemed to be the longest semester of my life. I...
by Dawn | Nov 29, 2012 | family, religion, satire
I never make it through my Christmas card list. Every year I try, every year I fail. If I start too early, I feel like a department store putting Santa out before Halloween. The news in the cards becomes outdated. Then I don’t want to send them. If I start...
by Dawn | Nov 23, 2012 | family, food, organization, satire, simplicity, sustainability
Thanksgiving snuck up on me. It was a busy year–buying and selling a house, doing the staging, showing, and construction leading up to the sale/purchase, moving, dealing with the “finer points of education reform,” writing, creating, blogging,...
