Easy Kale Recipe for People Who Don’t Like Kale

Jump to recipeFile this under entirely off topic. I planned to write about a new cancer test this week. However, no thanks to medical drama (both human and

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Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce Stress Buster

I originally found this homemade hot fudge sauce recipe from a quick online search, but it wasn’t turning out quite right. I asked for help inside a great

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Your Earlobes Aren’t Worried – A Tip From the Anxiety Trenches

I promise the silly title is worth it. You see, I’m increasingly amped up about a number of real-life things, but I recently developed a new coping mechanism

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The Rains Came

It started raining 7 days ago, and for the most part hasn’t stopped. On Lilly’s mountain we are safe and in no imminent danger. Please send your best

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3 Things You’ll Need in a Hospice Situation

In our quest to be helpful to YOU as we tell the crazy stories of our lives, here is some real-world advice you might need some day.

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Lyrics for My Life – Mumford & Sons

I buy very little music, but I’ve found “Babel,” the recent album from Mumford & Sons, to be an apt soundtrack for my life. While the full context

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Mostly Wordless Wednesday: Bird’s Nest in Empty Skull

Years and years ago, Tom bought a bunch of old skulls from a local farm sale. He thought they were neat and proceeded to put them around our

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Book Review: A Violet Season

Summer reading recommendation! A Violet Season by Kathy Leonard Czepiel is a fantastic read. Set in the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York in the late 1800s,

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2012 – The Year the Month of May Went Missing

More than likely we won’t remember much about May 2012 except for grief and heartache. The finer details? The day-to-day moments? Lost in an exhausted and emotional fog.

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Lessons I Learned From Virginia Moore Hawn

The blog will go silent for a while as we cope with the loss of my mother-in-law Virginia Moore Hawn. She died early Sunday morning (May 6, 2012),

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