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Wordless and fascinated, I shared the porch with these frenetic birds for well over an hour, watching bare-eyed as they performed their dance of life before me. It was like being on the set of my own personal Discovery channel program. I would have watched all day. And I would surely have liked to ask them who was going to claim that scraggly, barely usable nest. more »

Misti owns a mind-boggling wardrobe of the wildest socks I’ve ever seen. Neon zebra stripes, bright patterns and designs scream her individuality against the rest of her black attire. Wearing those socks puts a spring in Misti’s step and a broad smile on her face. I’m not the only customer who breaks into a wide grin, anticipating the This wasn’t really about argyle socks vs. knee-highs, or silk stockings compared to tube socks. Color, style, length, function are merely categories. The issue went beyond being sock-deep. It was about taking charge of something everyone has the power to control: oneself. Call it attitude adjustment, self improvement, or whatever you prefer. It’s the coping mechanism to deal with the areas of life we can’t change and to recognize our ability as survivors to change our world by the way we view it. more »

It's hard to believe after reading this detailed, sympathetic story that its subject seems to be hardly known today. She was famous and highly esteemed, especially in the United States, as a novelist before her success reached England. more »

If my washing machine and dryer could talk, they would tell you that I never separate my whites from my colors, I throw my “delicates” in with my jeans, and I dry everything at either the high or permanent press setting — whichever one the gauge happens to be pointing to at the time. more »