Allow me to reassure all mothers of young children that you aren't going crazy. There isn't a ghostly haint pilfering your silverware. The disappearing Oneida isn’t being sucked into a dark vortex for use at alien dinner parties. The vanishing utensil phenomenon is real, yet the ...

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Elmo, the red shag rug Muppet from Sesame Street, inadvertently set off a firestorm by asking an innocent question; "How is everybody doing?" The puppet's social media account on "X" formerly known as Twitter, was inundated with hundreds of responses from people who admitted to feeling ...

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Like Fred Flintstone planting his big feet on the ground from the driver's seat of his stone-wheeled car, my latest book plans have come to a screeching halt. WILMA!!!!It was all going so well, and writing makes me as happy as applying mascara made Tammy ...

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When I first taught school, the director of our flagship Early Childhood Intervention program told us we would be fired if she ever caught us giving our students a "ditto," which is an old-fashioned thing to call a pre-printed coloring book type of page. We ...

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It is the tale of a tough, determined woman from the Civil War who isn’t named Scarlett. “Gathering Leaves,” by Ron Meszaros is a love story, a history lesson, the tale of a strong woman, a war story, a dog lover’s story, and an example of ...

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The brown paper grocery bag held three loaves of bread — not even Sunbeam or Wonder Bread,  just run-of-the-mill regular old sliced bread. It was my first experience with a death in the family, but I knew to smile, say "thank you," and get the ...

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