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Virtual Advent Calendar: New Tradition

Posted on 12/19/2020 by chick

It’s the 19th day of the 2020 Virtual Advent Tour, hosted by my friend Sprite at Sprite Writes. For my day of the Tour, I’m going to talk about my Advent calendar. I grew up with the paper type of … Continue reading →

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Day 280: Officially on Vacation

Posted on 12/18/2020 by chick

Today I tried Zoom for the first time. My employers, unable to hold a traditional holiday luncheon, opted to have a company-wide Zoom meeting in its place. It was a large virtual gathering, consequently chaotic and hard to follow. My … Continue reading →

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Day 279: No More Snow Days

Posted on 12/17/2020 by chick

We got about a foot of snow from last night’s storm. It was not good snowman-making snow, Livia told me. Too bad. It was also too bad that the kids didn’t get the day off from school. All the town’s … Continue reading →

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Day 278: Snow, Books, and Chips

Posted on 12/16/2020 by chick

The snow has started to fall. Yesterday the weather forecast had us in the 8-12″ range. Today I saw that we were in the 12-15″ range. Uh-oh. So I just want to say that the lower number was more than … Continue reading →

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Day 277: Please Stay Home

Posted on 12/15/2020 by chick

One of the bizarre things about this year is how many good things have become bad things. Take an invitation to a party, for example. It ought to be a good thing, but in the middle of a pandemic, it’s … Continue reading →

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Day 276: Rewarded

Posted on 12/14/2020 by chick

I’m glad I decided to go ahead with the order from my local bookstore. The books arrived before expected, not after. See, sometimes good things do happen, even these days.

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Day 275: The Good News and the Bad News

Posted on 12/13/2020 by chick

The good news is that we decorated our Christmas tree today. The children are happy, and the great room looks so very cheerful now, which is good, because I needed something to cheer me up from the bad news. The … Continue reading →

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Day 274: Unusual Apocalypse

Posted on 12/12/2020 by chick

The Trees by Ali Shaw; Grade: B+ I recently finished reading The Trees by Ali Shaw. It is an extraordinary book, as I had expected it would be, having already read the author’s previous novels (The Girl With Glass Feet … Continue reading →

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Day 273: Vacation Time & Gratitude

Posted on 12/11/2020 by chick

Today is Friday, the end of another work week. Luckily for me, I am at the beginning stages of a project. That means I can work on anything I like, and I have zero deadline stress. Plus, I have enough … Continue reading →

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Day 272: Album

Posted on 12/10/2020 by chick

I started working on my annual photo album tonight. If I had serious intentions of finishing it on time, I should have started it a while ago. So, I’m not going to stress over it, and I will not allow … Continue reading →

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