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    Tips for a Happy Marriage

    Today is our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.  I thought about putting up a picture from our wedding but my husband is a private person and wouldn’t want that so you will just have to imagine it. If you picture me with a perm and wearing a gown with a big bow in the back you will be right on target.  In my defense, everyone had perms in 1990 and all wedding gowns had huge bows. So, how have we stayed married for twenty-five years, you ask?  (Let’s just pretend you want to know because I want to talk about it.  That is how this blogging thing works.)  So here are my…

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    This and That

    Blue skies and colorful leaves make me happy.  It is a pity autumn is so short.  I love the cool, crisp days, the smell of the leaves, the sound they make as they crunch underfoot, and the fact that a cup of tea always sounds like a good idea.  Of course, a cup of tea sounds good to me even when it is 95 out but it definitely more comfortable to drink it in the fall! Unfortunately, this weekend was gloomy and occasionally rainy plus my husband had a nasty cold so we didn’t go for the hike I wanted to take, but it was still pleasant.  I made cream…