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Today was a delightful day. My daughter Rebecca, to be wed in June was in need of some Motherly advice, or perhaps just support as she shopped for her underpinnings. You know the lovelies that go under the wedding dress, but that are just as important...

 Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen is a fun and inspiring blog I recently discovered. It has upbeat posts full of lovely ladies and gentlemen who have embraced their later years with pizazz. All these ladies appear to wake up with a determination t...

After traversing the airport trying to get boarding documents, I gratefully bypassed the backed-up security line in favor of the frequent flier "fly-by" lane. Believe me, I and my fellow short-line standers were immediately popular with the restless cr...

Everyone knows that alcohol, in the right amount, is truth serum, right? I don't necessarily mean they will spill state secrets.  They might, but if you want to see a person's true colors? Get them drunk. I'm not kidding. If you have any kind ...

What Wednesdays mean to me: a 4 a.m. alarm, wheels up at 6 a.m., in another state by 9, meeting, meeting, meeting, graduate seminar assisting, night class teaching... copious amounts of coffee.The nice part of my wearying Wednesdays? Glimpsing sunrise ...

One of these weeks I'm going to start putting the 'daily' back into "The Daily Pixel." Until then...#38- February 7, 2012You know you fly too much when jet engines start looking so pretty. #39- February 8, 2012The hallway that holds my office and ...

I do hope you all know how much I love and adore you all! Many times it is hard to get through what is my routine day, as I have shared with you all. However the love, support and devotion I have from all of you my readers make it so very much easi...

Still chuckling about this comic by Jeff at Explain xkcd:Happy stupid love day!xoxo,shawnaOther thoughts on Valentine's:- Happy Stupid Love Day from a serious sap- Remembering the love and stuff

Yes, I complain about dating. It's a huge source of frustration.  One minute you think things are going well and the next...you run for the hills or he runs for the hills, so I vent about it here on my blog. Of course, it's not all bad, otherwise...

Before Materials After repairing and replacing a few fences at my parent's house, giving my dad and I the chance to perfect our technique we took our show on the road. We headed to Lodi to work on a fence at my grandma's house that hasn't been re...