More than any other of our five senses, scent is the most directly linked with memory. And no wonder.  Who among us can't conjure a pa...

Is it really December? The tree is set up.  The house is decorated.  I kept my yearly tradition of breaking my word to my husband and li...

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I've always been nuts about the holidays.  Years ago, when I was a shiny, newly-minted "adult," having cracked out on my o...

My sweet girl.  I have said it before, and it's just so true every time we go through it: I LOVE one! They are too hilarious, prec...