Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 10th and the shop is having its first ever SALE! From now until midnight on Mother’s Day, use the coupon code…
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My daughter and I created a video tutorial to help you learn the basics of playing Dutch Blitz. You can play it with the actual Dutch Blitz game, or we tell you how to play it with basic sets of playing cards. We play it very slowly, so you can…
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From the days when their baskets were delivered via horse and cart to now, Peterboro Basket Co. has consistently made beautiful, handwoven baskets. They are the oldest, continuous manufacturer of…
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Our first seasonal collection is the spring Back to Nature Collection, and features everything you need to picnic in style, great outdoor amusements for the kids (including my favorite kite kit), and more! I hope it will inspire you to create some beautiful family memories…
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…But sometimes the unexpected happens, like COVID-19. It’s when the unexpected happens, that my thoughts often turn to how to make this situation better for the person who is hurting, how to make a brighter spot in the midst of a miserable situation…
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One week ago, I went ice skating on a frozen lake for the first time in my life. We gathered a group of friends and headed to Lake Morey, VT, where the Lake Morey Resort clears a 4-mile loop for skating every year…
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Now that I’ve covered the essentials of sleeping, eating, and sightseeing/doing in Part I, I hope to answer a few other questions I was asked in this posting. What should I pack for a November/December trip to Scotland and England?
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“Wouldn’t it be nice to see England at Christmastime? And wouldn’t it be fabulous to observe a fox hunt? Is that even possible?” I mused to myself. And I’m pretty sure that’s what got the ball rolling for our trip to Scotland and England last November/December.
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Would you like to know how to make really good hot chocolate? The sort of hot chocolate that will make you feel like you’re sipping luxuriously decadent hot chocolate in a cafe in Paris? The sort of hot chocolate that will have your friends and family begging for more?
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When you're a newlywed, or a young family, just starting out on your life's journey together, the thought of establishing your own family holiday traditions can bring up feelings of both trepidation and excitement…
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"Let's go for a Sunday drive," were words often said by my dad when I was growing up, but are seldom said in our own family. But a couple times a year, we opt out of our usual, restful Sunday afternoons in favor of…
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Since Halloween is this week, I thought I'd dig through some boxes of old photographs and reminisce a bit about the Halloweens our family has celebrated. We've never embraced the scary/creepy side of Halloween, but…
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