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Boxing Day
Well, actually, it’s Good Friday, but I let myself store too many things in what would be used as a ‘guest’ room, and a few weeks ago my 18-year-old grandkid found that where she was staying was not working out … Continue reading
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, free week, guests, helping others, holidays, Life, memories, procrastination, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged boxing, Easter, Family moving in, family visits, Good Friday, rearranging, telegrams, Thanksgiving
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Ac’centuate the Positive
Since accents have played a major part in my life, I would be surprised if they had not come up here before. Hello, my name is Tonette, and I pick up accents. Do any of you do this when speaking … Continue reading
Posted in advice, audiobooks, blessings, blogging, Books, childhood, Daily life, descriptions, experiences, Family, foreign language, foreign languages, guests, hobbies, imagination, inspiration, language, Life, memories, misunderstandings, new skills, pronunciations, self-improvement, teaching, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged foreign language, Picking up accents, podcasts, Vlogs
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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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