Monthly Archives: February 2010

Our Own Private Mardi Gras

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Deborah

For Lent, Ron and I are giving up beef. All beef, including the occasional Carls Jr. teriyaki six-dollar burger with grilled pineapple, crisp red onion, and two slices of Swiss on a sesame seed bun…. (Can you hear my sigh?) … Continue reading →

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The Pastor Who Married Us Was Wrong

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Deborah

The pastor who married us was wrong. Based on long years of counselling and on a battery of premarital quizzes, he openly worried that we were too different… too “incompatible.” After a candlelit dinner at home last night to celebrate … Continue reading →

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What Makes You Happy?

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Deborah

What makes you happy? That’s the subject of a puzzling new book, The Happiness Project, by a youngish woman who embarks on an ambitious quest to seek out tasks that make her “happy.” (She concludes that cleaning closets, “acting energetic,” … Continue reading →

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