Dollar tree food art
I wasn’t even looking for another thing to hang on my wall. In fact, I don’t have much wall space that isn’t covered already But I had to have this. My 4-year-old daughter, Tess, and I take weekly outings to the local Dollar Tree. She takes her little purse and I take my big one, knowing I won’t spend more than a dollar or two and Tess really enjoys picking something out. Today we searched for stickers. After looking them all over, she chose some very-girlie Barbie...
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Usually I write about the ordinary stuff of life. You know, stuff like doing the laundry, baking a pie, or changing a diaper. It’s in the ordinary living that we find our connections to one another. We are all trying to make our way in the messy business of life. And as a writer, I enjoy exploring the mundane and giving it an extraordinary quality. But this first post in my blog is the opposite of my usual writing. It’s about the extraordinary twist my life and writing have...
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