

Feeling crabby? Not me. Not today. The sun is shining and I’m heading home to visit family tomorrow. But like you, I’ve been known to wake up on the wrong side of the bed occasionally. And if you’re not careful and nip it in the bud that crabby feeling can last all day.
But what’s so great is that we get to control our moods. That’s…
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During my loft-living days about a decade ago, I had a VERY close encounter with a bat that resulted in a full round of rabies shots for both me and my daughter to the tune of $10,000. So while you might think I’d have good reason to hate these creatures, in actuality, I’m quite concerned for them.
An emerging disease in the last few years known…
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As the world stares with horror at the devastating images of destruction in Japan, there couldn’t be a more fitting message that the one conveyed on today’s VPOD, a pair of 1980s postage stamp pins.
For Love is the message.
Other than contributing financial assistance, there may be little that many of us can do to directly assist the victims of the terrible earthquake and tsunamis. But…
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Though penguins live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere and aren’t found in the United States, that didn’t stop Americans from celebrating National Penguin Awareness Day yesterday. That’s right, yesterday was a designated day to celebrate penguins!
If you’re sorry to have missed it because you love penguins’ cute little waddles and their stylish tuxedo coloring, there’s no need to wait another 364 days to reconsider…
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While there were plenty of jewelry designers in the 1960s and 1970s who worked with enamel and copper, my personal favorite was Kay Denning. And perhaps it’s because she made sure to provide “different strokes for different folks.”
Ask any man and he’s sure to confirm that we women can be moody. Sometimes we’re in the mood for the dramatic, sometimes we’re feeling more romantic and…
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