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If you know someone who cares about birds and the songs they sing, this is a lovely holiday gift–it’s a book that actually utters 250 (!) bird songs for you at the touch of a button. I recently purchased a copy to give away, but now I can’t decide which one of my friends or…

“But I don’t know how to buy a Christmas tree,” lamented the Jewish Mr. Chattering. “You’ll do fine, honey, just buy one that’s seven or eight feet high and don’t pay too much for it.” “I’m not Christian!” “But this helps me so much!” I said, shoving him out the door. “Just have them put…

There is no set way to celebrate the December holidays anymore. I’m not an advocate of “mixing everything up.” I’m just saying a lot of us are mixing it up through mixed-faith marriage, conversion, or inventive experiment. Last Christmas eve, I stepped out of church and noticed six Jewish friends standing there on the steps,…

If you are of the Everything-Happens-for-a-Reason school, you might be saying “Oh, Mary Cheney’s pregnancy is designed to teach those frumpy Cheney parents and the Religious Right that it’s not immoral for gays to have kids.” Could be. But actually, I think Bush and Cheney have always been more personally tolerant on gay issues than…

Thanks to “MettaMusings” blogger/CM reader “Story Midwife” for writing about the parties she throws in honor of the seasonal darkness. “Ah, the nourishing dark. Though I cringe at the cold and snow of winter (not a helpful thing as I live in the chilly hills of Iowa), I am a darkness lover. Winter Solstice is…

Yes, Cindi, you’re right. Phillip-Morris is not producing those talk-to-your-kids-about-smoking ads out of the kindness of its heart. The company was forced to create those public service ads as part of a lawsuit settlement. Here are the opinions of one blogger who thinks the whole campaign could backfire since adolescents mostly try whatever their parents…

If you want to have a good giggle and experience a noticeable surge in your vital life force, click here and scroll down half a page to watch the four charismatic guys known as “Il Divo” sing “Somewhere,” that compelling Leonard Bernstein song that begins “There’s a place for us….” Be sure to view the…

Though countless stars illumine the nightAnd the moon brightly ornaments the earth,Only the sun provides light for the dayAnd gives meaning to the terms “east” and “west.” The man who accomplishes completely One single actExcels all sentient beings.The moon when full illumines the earth ­The multitude of stars have not this power. —Nagarjuna (150-250 A.D.),…

If you know in advance what the truth will be, you will never find it. – Marchette Chute.

You could become your own little bath salt factory this month! Here are some tips for creating soothing salt bags that can be great gifts for your friends. Click here to buy a 20-pound bag of Dead Sea salt, which you can divide into smaller gift boxes or bags in the comfort of your kitchen.…
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