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Just yesterday, I read a charming essay on the importance of giving Valentines to your children. The gist of it was that it sucks to not have a Valentine, so that making sure your child or children get a Valentine from you is a way to make those years when there isn't another Valentine that much better. Plus, it's a lovely tradition. I encourage ( Read more... )

Someone has taken up a sifter and sprinkled just enough powder over the neighborhood to add some white, but not enough to blot out what's underneath. It is quite cold for here (in the 20s), but I see from my Weatherbug app that it is -1 in Amherst, Massachusetts, where Maggie goes to school. My sweetheart joked that Maggie (now home for break) must ( Read more... )

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Going to Children's Book World in Haverford, PA to see Judy Schachner (renowned author of the Skippyjon Jones books) and get her to sign a copy of her marvelous new picture book, Bits and Pieces. Seriously, the book is charming and adorable. I read it at Barnes & Noble, but knowing that Judy was going to be at CBW, I opted to hold off on purchasing ( Read more... )

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I'm a few days late in the wishing, but that doesn't make it insincere. Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes day and, more pertinent to current politics, perhaps, election day here in New Jersey ( Read more... )

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