Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! I’m presently at the airport in Washington, D.C. and preparing for a quick flight back home to Massachusetts so I can load up my car with presents and get to delivering them to my family during dinner tonight (which is also my mother’s birthday!) These past (almost) couple of weeks have […]
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Greetings from Odenton, Maryland! I’ve been staying here and visiting with my dear friend Andrew and he and Kelsey’s children from now through the morning of Christmas Eve (when I’ll be flying home to spend the remainder of the holiday weekend with my mother, brothers, niece, sister-in-law, aunts/uncles/cousins, etc., etc.) Andrew, Haven and Archer moved […]
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The holidays can get a little hectic for a lot of people- gift shopping, followed shortly by gift wrapping, decorating, holiday parties and get togethers (and all the cooking and cleaning that goes into those, too!) travel plans and preparations- it can all get pretty overwhelming. So I thought that today, since I’m doing some […]
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Although the weather has continued to be bizarre (even by New England standards) in recent days- snow in the morning and thunderstorms at night!- we had a momentary break from the clouds and precipitation this past weekend, and I took the opportunity to head back down to Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island to […]
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It took a couple of days to find everything in storage, but my hideous and crooked little $15 Christmas tree that I bought back in 2019 to commemorate my first holiday season in my (then) new apartment is officially back up, covered in ornaments and twinkling brightly in the corner of my living room. Of […]
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In my last post, I had talked about excitedly anticipating going to a holiday light display in Rhode Island this week, but of course- New England’s often unpredictable weather had other things in mind. First, with a series of heavy rainstorms with wild wind gusts, and now with some upcoming snowfall. And although looking at […]
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Given how unconventional last year’s holiday season was as a result of the pre-vaccination days of COVID-19, being able to return to beloved traditions this time around- the big and the small- has been such a joyous and often emotional experience. I have delighted in decorating my apartment (although I still have to set my […]
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Merry Christmas Eve-Eve, everyone! With my holiday shopping finally completed and my gift wrapping, well, sort of done?- I’m ready to ease into the next few days of good food, masked and socially distanced company/present exchanges, cozy pajamas and hot chocolate while I watch some of my favorite holiday movies and prepare to countdown to […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 