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“Airplane in the Sky with Diamonds” Quilt

Today is the final link-up day for the “100 Quilts for Christmas” group challenge. I’ve finished this quilt, the third of the 3 quilts I had pledged to donate. On Friday morning I delivered these to...

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Quilt WIP Wednesday: Disappearing Nine-Patch

One month ago when I rolled out the New Year’s Resolutions, I thought I could get a Project Linus quilt done by the end of each month, but my January Project Linus quilt is still a work-in-progress. At...

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You say “Mishloach Manot,” I say “Edible Quilting”

[Image courtesy of www.someecards.com] Welcome to the final article in my Purim Prep series. This is my favorite of the four articles, because it ends with a project that unites two of this blog’s...

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Rock the (Book) Drop

This Thursday, April 14, is Support Teen Lit Day. The websites Readergirlz and Figment are sponsoring a book drop called Rock the Drop. You can help connect teens (and tweens) with great reads by...

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Spring Cleaning My Portion Sizes

While I’ve been recipe-testing for my cookbook, I’ve been cooking and baking great foods, which is lovely, but I’ve gotten sloppier about portion control, which is not so lovely. My current weight is...

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Short Story Collection Winner

Congratulations to Midge Raymond (author of Forgetting English: Stories). Midge won Emma Straub’s short story collection, Other People We Married. This short story month went by so quickly for me that...

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Blogcast Your Favorite Farmers Market

My favorite Saturday morning market in Washington, DC is the Glover Park–Burleith Farmers’ Market in upper Georgetown. In addition to fresh produce, pastas, baked goods, cheeses, meats and sausages,...

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#ThankADay for Twitter: A Patchwork of Gratitude

“The thing I am working on has been dealing out epiphanies quite liberally these last couple months. Life is beautiful (and cheesy).” — Buster Benson If you’re on Twitter, you’re cordially invited to...

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Selling Novels at Calvary Women’s Services Benefit

This Tuesday, November 8 from 9 am to 3 pm, I’ll be selling my novels FOOD AND WORRY and SIX WORDS at a charity boutique to raise funds to build a women’s shelter here in Washington, DC. The address...

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In the Midst of Community-Minded Momtrepreneurs

Today was my best sales day ever (23 novels in 6 hours!), at a charity boutique for Calvary Women’s Services. Cindy Schwartz, a DC-based interior designer and photographer, has been raising money for...

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