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Did you know that the famous Minuet in G wasn’t actually written by Bach? It was written by a guy named Christian Petzold. The mistaken attribution was discovered decades ago, so we all ought to have learned the truth by … Continue reading →

I had been eying a toaster oven/air fryer since before Christmas. I put it on my Christmas list, hoping my parents might spring for it. Alas, they did not. So I started thinking about buying it for myself. I was … Continue reading →

My husband has been working on the stairs in preparation for carpeting them. He screwed down the treads so that they barely squeak now, if at all. That’s great. I mean, who wants squeaky stairs? But those squeaks were a … Continue reading →

I’ve had my skin turn red from using Band-Aids before, which I attributed mostly to the trauma of removing them, but yesterday I had a telltale allergic reaction to one. I developed hives underneath the adhesive parts of the bandage. … Continue reading →

I found a printout on my desk that listed these “Four Truths.” We can’t finish what we don’t start. The only way to the end is through. It’s important to celebrate our accomplishments. We must forgive ourselves for that which … Continue reading →

It’s snowing today. Yay! On the weather page of one of the local TV stations, I saw a great typo: “A few altercations to our storm forecast. . .” Normally I’d have my music lesson this afternoon, but I rescheduled … Continue reading →

Kids are constantly growing, constantly changing. That means you can’t keep a post called “Stories About the Kids” in your drafts folder for a long time and expect that it will continue to be relevant. With that thought in mind, … Continue reading →

There is a bug in my office. Not the spying kind. Nobody’s listening to me (that I know of) and damned if they wouldn’t be bored if they were. No, I literally mean the insectoid kind. It buzzes around every … Continue reading →

My husband found out last year that as the child of Portuguese citizens he is entitled to Portuguese citizenship himself. He’s looking into it. If he did get Portuguese citizenship, then the kids and I could get it, too, and … Continue reading →