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Murphy’s Law: Home In The Range

January 12, 2021

By Sue Murphy The vaccine is coming! The vaccine is coming! I have my sleeve rolled up already … except, of course, on days when it is too cold and being thus exposed would be detrimental to my overall health. To me, it seems patently unfair that we still have to think about the “overall.” Trying to protect ourselves from a viral pandemic is enough for anyone, but your blood … [Read more...]

Hygge, Hygge, Hygge ­­— Merry Christmas!

December 8, 2020

By Sue Murphy Hygge. Wikipedia says it’s a “Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.” Immediately, “hygge” went to the tippy top of my Christmas list. As I already put in my request for world peace, I decided any hygge I might experience would be a DIY project. According to the article, I needed … [Read more...]

Murphy’s Law: A Double Batch Christmas

November 25, 2020

By Sue Murphy There’s a sign in my laundry room that says, “Today, I will try to live in the moment, unless it’s unpleasant and then I will eat a cookie.” I’ve eaten a lot of cookies this year. But now, me lovelies, it is officially cookie season, when it would be positively (negatively?) unsociable to leave a macaroon just sitting there on your plate. My must-do Christmas … [Read more...]

Murphy’s Law: Also Thankful

November 10, 2020

By Sue Murphy There’s a prayer offered before meals that asks for God’s blessing on the food on the table and “the hands that prepared it.” I’d like to ask the same. 2020 has been a year like no other, and the fact that any of us are still functioning at all is testimony to the work of the hands of some wonderful people. Where to start? Let’s begin with a GIANT thank you to … [Read more...]

Murphy’s Law: The Good Old US of A

November 5, 2020

  By Sue Murphy I had a double snake encounter last week and, as I get ready for Halloween, that’s as scared as I want to get. My knee-jerk reaction was to put a For Sale sign in my front yard and start looking for an antiseptic condo, and I might have done it, too, except that, later that day, I looked down to find a large brown insect calmly making his way onto … [Read more...]

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