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From Over-the-top to Bare Minimum
How do you celebrate holidays? It really depends on which holiday it is. Understandably, some holidays get more attention than others. When the kids were younger, I wanted to make everything more special for them, give them pleasant experiences and memories, establish precious traditions for them… Well, I’ve learned that when they’re little, you have… Read more
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Disaster in the Kitchen
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. I didn’t know the first thing about cooking when I got married. I knew how to use a rice cooker and a microwave, but I was scared of the stove, especially of frying. Don’t even get me started on the oven. It was on a whole… Read more
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Late 20th Century Bizarre Cozy
My tastes are simple. Maybe they’re a little odd, but simple. I have no use for grand mansions (unless it’s my ancestral home, in which case, I’m also all about legacy, so, yeah, give it to my care along with the funds to maintain it) or high-end apartments with a stunning view of the city… Read more
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Cat Lady Post: A Season Of Goodbyes
The past few weeks have been rather painful. They consisted of goodbyes in one form or another. Let me start with Rocky. Rocky was the runt of her litter, a minuscule calico who was so scrappy that I firmly believed she would beat the odds. She survived for almost two months before she took ill.… Read more
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Ten of My Fave Movies
What are your top ten favorite movies? Off the top of my head, these are ten of the movies I love. Give me a cozy day, and I’ll be popping one of these in the VCR (except I don’t have one anymore, not even a DVD player – that just depressed the heck out of… Read more
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Small-town City
What do you love about where you live? I live in a small city at the edge of the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Even though it’s part of Metropolitan Manila, it still retains the charms of its small town past. The founding clans are still present and active. They are also kith and/or… Read more
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