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Celebrating Spring…First Communions, Graduations, Weddings…

April 15, 2011
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Celebrating Spring…First Communions, Graduations, Weddings…

Rite of passage. Tradition. Celebration. Sacred. All of these words embody what First Communion means to me and my family. My First Communion — like the celebrations for my two daughters — took place on a warm spring day at a church in Metuchen, New Jersey, with a reception at a well-known restaurant in...
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Dunkin’ Donuts: Holiday Flavored Coffees

November 16, 2010
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Dunkin’ Donuts: Holiday Flavored Coffees

I heart coffee. Not that I recall my first cup or anything. Perhaps in the college dining hall? In France? Milky coffee with a chocolate digestive biscuit in an English tea room? I’m not a tea drinker, despite the genes. Dunkin’ Donuts holds memories for me. As a little kid living in New Jersey,...
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Posted in Cooking/Eating, English Memories, food, home, housekeeping, mealtimes, Musings on Family, shopping | No Comments »

A Classic Movie Brought to Life on Stage: Mary Poppins

August 4, 2010
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      As a kid Mary Poppins was a favorite film. Of couse unlike my children I only watched Mary Poppins and other classic kid’s films once. There was no DVD or DVR in my house. I was a teen before we had a video cassette recorder.     Mary Poppins was memorable even after seeing...
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Posted in English Memories, family fun, Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment »

How Did Our Mothers Do It?

July 15, 2010
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If this post was a sponsored post, it would be sponsored by a company that manufactures megaphones or a store that sells earphones. Seriously, folks this has been the summer of kids yelling, mom yelling, dad yelling, and the fish yelling. I am assuming the fish are yelling since we can’t hear ‘em through...
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#OpenSky: Come Stop By My Corner Store!

July 4, 2010
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#OpenSky: Come Stop By My Corner Store!

As a little girl I would walk to the corner shop with my grandmother. It was 1970-something, but really it could have been 1940. My grandmother wore a dress, high-heeled shoes, an overcoat, and a fur hat. Her shopping basket was a wicker basket or plaid shopping bag depending on the season.  I hurried...
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Posted in blogging/blogosphere, English Memories, memories, Musings from Me, vacation | 1 Comment »

Brrrr: Beach Time In Manchester

June 14, 2010
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With summer approaching, thoughts of water, sand, and sun spring to mind. I was born in Manchester. We spent many rainy, windy days bundled in blankets behind windbreaks sipping hot tea at the “seaside” in Southport. My sister and I would run about on the beach. The sea was miles away. My parents and...
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Posted in English Memories, holiday, holidays, travel, vacation | 2 Comments »

Trot over to Maryland

May 12, 2010
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Trot over to Maryland

What question perplexes me most on forms and questionnaires? The question I find most difficult to answer is what major city do I live closest to? As a child through my pre-children years, I would have had several answers: 0-4 years — Manchester, England 5-8 — New York City 9-10 — Manchester, England 11...
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Posted in blogging/blogosphere, English Memories, Family, finances, home, home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, life-changing moment, Musings from Me, Musings on Family, organization | 8 Comments »

Read a Book, Give a Book at WeGiveBooks.org

April 23, 2010
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Read a Book, Give a Book at WeGiveBooks.org

As a kid I devoured books. I read through the Judy Blumes. I raced through Harriet the Spy. I became obsessed with reading every book in the Chalet School book series. The Chalet School books were written in 1930s and 1940s. The books were hard to come by, but I found them at the...
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Posted in Book Club, book reviews, English Memories, life-changing moment, School | 3 Comments »

Darn! I Missed World Nutella Day!

April 15, 2010
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Darn! I Missed World Nutella Day!

How is it that I spent my teen years eating Nutella sandwiches after school, but missed World Nutella Day? I can still smell the chocolatey goodness that was Nutella. I had the freshman 15 BEFORE college due in large part to eating Nutella sandwiches and English chips and gravy EVERY day. When I write...
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Buzzed Driving Is a No-No

March 15, 2010
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Buzzed Driving Is a No-No

As a new to the United States college student, I was intrigued by everyone’s love for St. Patrick’s Day. Green beer, shamrocks, four leaf clovers! What’s not to love? I attended a school run by an order of nuns from Ireland as a kid in England. Back home St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated in...
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