My first book signing was last Saturday and I was really excited about it. The set-up for the event was pretty easy–just set out some books, get all the people in line, scold the unruly, and start signing! Here’s a photo of two of the people that got their autographed copy of my book. They look pretty […]
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The thing I like the most about Christmas and my birthday and other times gifts are exchanged are the boxes. Consider this quaint scene from Christmas and check out all the different types and sizes of boxes. Of the boxes we received this year, the one on the far right above, was the most intriguing.
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In my younger days, I was fortunate enough to scuba dive with an occasional nurse shark and once, with a reef shark. But I’d never stumbled upon a great white shark. Over the holidays, I finally had a chance to be with a great white. The shark was pretty friendly, but at one point, it came right for me
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Luckily, birthdays only come once a year, and I say that because they’re obviously difficult for some people to deal with. Consider Mark. He’s been my husband for about 16 years or so, and while neither of us are good at keeping track of the years we’ve been married or each others’ ages, the dates of
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The problem with having two dogs, a cat, two ferrets and 11 hamsters is that cleaning up for visitors is a bit of an event. And things don’t always go as planned. Last Thursday, my dad drove from Grand Rapids to our house in Haslett to take us out for dinner. The house was vacuumed, one
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When it comes to pets, I’ve never understood wanting pet fish. I think the problem is that I can’t play with them or pet them like my other pets. Instead, I stare at fish, they stare at me, I pucker up my mouth to make a fish-face, they open and close their mouth in return. And
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My sister, Aby, called me two weeks ago to say that when she and her daughter, Kailea came into town from Illinois there were a few things they wanted to do: 1) catch a fish; 2) see a giraffe; and 3) go to a beach on Lake Michigan. It had been averaging 90 degrees in Michigan and I told
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The thing about hamsters is that they grow quickly. You might remember this baby tan and white baby from the last posting. Two weeks later, he turned into this. The mostly black baby that looked like this: Now looks like this: And the black and white babies that were still nursing a week ago: Now
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Mark. He wanted a hamster pal. So he went to a local pet store and bought a cute, fuzzy, male hamster. Mark named him Little Buddha. A better name for Little Buddha was Little Biter. He mistook fingers for food and bit both Mark and me. A
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The shopper in my family is Mark, and a few weeks ago he received in the mail the coveted 30% coupon from Kohl’s which he, of course, had to use. He came home from Kohl’s with a new blue and white shirt that he liked so much he thought my dad might want to get one, too.
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