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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Michigan Lighthouses

Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, have a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #DogDaysOfSummer #PureMichigan Happy August! It’s the middle of summer, now, and it’s still considered The Dog Days of Summer, […]

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"No Laugh 'N Matter" by Gloria Pitzer

“No Laugh ‘N Matter”, by Gloria Pitzer – Need A Vacation? Wait ‘Til Return!

INTRODUCTION In the 1960s and 1970s, Mom designed a few different editorial columns, satirically geared toward working homemakers like herself (or those who just want to laugh at life), mailing out samples to over 300 newspapers. Within a year, she was steadily writing two different columns (“No Laughing Matter” and “Minding the Hearth”) for 60 […]

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HOMEMADE NO-SEW SACHETS

Happy August! Today is the start of Family Fun Month, as well as American Family Day Eve; and, starting tomorrow, it’s National Farmers Market Week. In honor of all of this, here’s a fun craft I learned from Mom when I was young and did with my own kids and their Campfire group almost 35 […]

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