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The Birthday Bug

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Why do so many of us have trouble facing our birthdays? Yesterday was my fiance’s birthday, and although he’s normally a positive, go-with-the-flow, the glass-is-half-full kind of guy, he wasn’t 100 percent chipper about it.  You could say he had the birthday blues or what I like to call “the birthday bug.”  Besides facing the normal ritual that he had turned another year older, he was feeling a little dejected by the fact that he officially entered his mid-forties. Perhaps … Continue reading →

Knititation

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Why is knitting just so darn relaxing? When I was a kid, both of my grandmothers taught me different knitting stitches to keep me occupied and out of trouble (my grandfathers taught me woodworking for the same reasons, but that’s a story for another time).  I was knitting in the early ’80s when knitting wasn’t cool, so you could imagine how I looked in the corner of the playground huddled over my knitting needles and yarn when the rest of … Continue reading →

Biblio-confessors

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Why do people like confessing to librarians? It’s no secret that I’m a librarian, but sometimes when I’m sitting at the desk (or “the perch,” as I like to call it) I feel people mistake me for a priest or a bartender.  Although I don’t offer blessings and I don’t pass out drinks, people keep coming to confess things to me.  Sometimes they even do it on a regular basis. There are always those people who feel guilty over returning … Continue reading →

Caesar vs. Caesar?

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Why do we attribute Caesar salad to a Roman emperor? With the dog days of summer here, you might be like me and seek some lighter, cooler fare at the kitchen table.  After all, who on a hot day wants to eat heavy, greasy, sink-in-your-stomach food that will bloat your gut and make you go straight down to the bottom of the pool?  (Well, I can think of at least one exception, but the guilty shall remain nameless.)  A lot … Continue reading →

Pledge to Pledge

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Since the 4th of July holiday is upon those of us who are in the U.S., I thought it would be fitting to write a post with a patriotic theme.  Aside from the fireworks and barbeques, there are other things we do as Americans to honor our country, such as singing the national anthem and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. I don’t know about the rest of you, but as a kid growing up in New York, I had to … Continue reading →