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I knew this day would come…the day I had to once again face the scritchy, gag-gy nightmare that is known to most people as a throat culture.  When I was a kid, throat cultures were screeching, Mom-bribing-with-candy-rewards, “We need more nurses!” affairs for me.  I know I’m not the only one to feel this way…

The sparkling Janice Taylor of the Our Lady of Weight Loss blog feels strongly that skipping breakfast is not a good idea. She further believes that dehydration can cause irritability and headaches. To solve both problems (feed two birds with one seed, as it were), she offers a lovely, hydrating breakfast smoothie recipe: Ingredients: 1…

Yesterday, I tried really hard to focus on the positive aspect of losing my voice and being consigned to silence while I recover my health.  But today, as I re-read the post I thought, “Can I take that back?”  Clearly my grumpy gland is up…. I guess I won’t rescind my statement that contemplative silence…

It’s National Poetry Month!  I’m not actually that big on poems in my everyday reading life, but there is one that comes to mind when someone asks me, “what’s your favorite poem?” My junior year of high school, we studied the 16th century’s metaphysical poets, including John Donne, in Ms. Martin’s English class. I found…
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