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Reading. It’s the most relaxing summer pastime. Or is it? The sun The sun is finally shining. You get set up in the sun with your beach read and sit at an angle so you don’t blind yourself from the glare. You  keep your legs in the sun. It’s July. You’re probably freezing but you […]

For five years we’ve hosted an end-of-school party. Several families and dozens of kids. It’s part celebration, part chaos. We try to keep the children out on the front deck and in the front yard, fueled with pop and snacks. While the covered back deck is the haven for the adults. Over the years, we’ve […]

The Young & The Restless. My sisters and I used to watch it with our mother. She has been gone 10 years now but never, ever does the theme music to Y&R come on that we don’t go back to sitting on the couch on a summer day with Mom. Back then, we eked out […]

My twin sister and I have tons of hair on our heads, a gargantuan amount that always makes hairstylists lift up big handfuls of it and bounce it. Look at this, Stacey! calling to the next chair. It always causes a sensation in the salon. But in reality, it’s hot, heavy and, worst of all, […]