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Category Archives: Year in Review
My Favorite Posts of 2023… and more
I always enjoy looking back through my posts at the end of the year… choosing favorites I truly enjoyed writing and remembering events that made my year. Maybe one day I won’t be remembering so much anymore… and then I … Continue reading →
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Family Stories: Remembering the Best of 2022!
Remembering the Best of 2022! In looking back at 2022, my writing wasn’t as strong as in past years… only 49 posts this year. There certainly wasn’t a lack of stories to write, as there are hundreds of posts in … Continue reading →
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Family Stories: My Favorite Posts of 2021
Every years end, I enjoy recollecting on some of my favorite posts of the year… especially as closing in on me. It’s now December with only hours left until the New Year rings in. While my shopping had long been … Continue reading →
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Family Stories: My Favorite Posts of 2020
Family Stories: My Favorite Posts of 2020 It’s always fun to review your writings for the past year… and I certainly started off strong in 2020, with my very first post of Knitting FAAT Socks, which I had every intention … Continue reading →
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Family Stories: 2020… It’s Been a Year!
Goodbye to searching for toilet paper and hand sanitizer… Hello to hopefully a better and healthier New Year… and we can hang our masks up… for good! When we rang in “2020” New Years Eve, no one was wearing a … Continue reading →
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Family Stories: Looking Back at 2018
Family Stories Looking Back at 2018 Like everyone else… where did the past 365 days go… but it didn’t escape me without my writing 76 posts! And like last year, I’ll begin the new year of 2019 with another look … Continue reading →
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2017
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2017 I joined Jill Ball’s “Accentuate the Positive ” blogging challenge in a unique way of taking a walk back through my posts of 2017! Jill, the author of the GeniAus blog, has invited bloggers to … Continue reading →
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2016: A Look Back and Ahead to 2017
2016: A Look Back and Ahead to 2017 This year was a great year for me in blogging and I’d like to “Thank” my readers who have faithfully read my blog. I look forward to my 3rd year in 2017, … Continue reading →