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Spirits of Christmas Past
The two best Christmas gifts we ever received??? This is a hard one. As I said last week, my mother made my early childhood Christmases magical. Aside from the inevitable doll, nothing really stands out. I remember each of the … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, childhood, Christmas, experiences, Family, gifts, holidays, lifestyles, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged Christmas dishes, Christmas dolls, figurines, presents
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Christmas, Once Again
“How does/did your family countdown to Christmas? Did/do you have any special family traditions?” Ch-ch-ch-changes! My mother decorated early. We always got a huge Christmas tree, one carefully selected and as close to prefect as possible. Seriously, my generally tight-fisted, … Continue reading
Posted in America, blessings, Christmas, Christmas books, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, guests, Holiday, holidays, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, movies, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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Foxfire
Have you ever read the “Foxfire” books? They started out as a periodical in the late 1960s and by the early 1970s, the articles were compiled into books, as more and more information was gathered. This all came to be … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, autobiographies, big plans, biographies, blessings, book review, collections, Compilations, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, helping others, historical, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, new skills, reading preferences, short biographies, teaching, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged Appalachia., Appalachian skills, Foxfire books, Georgia, History of Appalachian people, Mountain knowledge and skills, Roanoke Colony, Skills, Walter Raleigh
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Is There FAIRness in the World?
Is there a place that you have traveled to when you were younger that you wish you could visit again? You can pretty much read Elaine’s Wednesday post, with some of Patty’s from Monday and Angie’s from Tuesday, since they … Continue reading
Posted in America, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, descriptions, experiences, Family, futuristic, helping others, imagination, inspiration, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, reviews, shyness, summer, Tonette Joyce, traditions, Travel
Tagged Baltimore, Ellicott City Maryland, New York City 1965 World's Fair, Suburbs, The Enchanted Forest, travel
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