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Jeans or No Jeans

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Apparently there’s a big controversy in the hushed halls of exclusive country clubs across America.  It’s pitted one generation against another.  It crosses gender lines.  What is this social quagmire, you may ask?  Simply stated, members are asking: “should jeans be added to the approved list of club attire?” Many country clubs are trying to [...]

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There’s a reason they’re called classics

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Fridays are family movie night.   That means we order pizza and watch a movie together.  Our family fun tradition started a few years back when we would go skiing Friday afternoons and grab a pizza and a movie for the evening.  We continued the family fun tradition even when we stopped skiing for the season.  [...]

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What to Wear to a Graduation

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The months of May and June are full of graduation ceremonies.  Colleges near and far bid adieu to the young minds they have helped shape during 4 years.  High schools follow suite with most ceremonies held in June.   There can even be a Kindergarten graduation ceremony to contend with.  With tons of self-appointed paparazzi preserving [...]

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Use the Holidays to Teach Children Table Etiquette

table manners are an acquired skill

Now that the holidays are approaching, think of all the wonderful learning opportunities that meals will present for your children to learn dining etiquette. Pull out the tablecloths, bring out the bread plates, use the grape scissors, set several glasses for beverages, and introduce a cheese course before dessert. More importantly have your children help [...]

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Recycle Children’s Clothing

The other day, while cleaning out our barn (we’re renovating an old farmhouse) I came across a box that I thought contained papers. Since I was in the process of cleaning the space  so that I could use it as a painting studio, old boxes were being opened; the contents examined, donated or tossed. Imagine [...]

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