Author: By Marni Jameson
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At Home: Design maxim helps put holiday stress in perspective
Aah, the holidays. Time off work, family functions, festive decorations, fancy food, parties, presents … what’s not to love? Well, since you asked, gift gathering, budget blowing, card writing, binge baking, light untangling. And how about the worries that your son’s girlfriend will come to Christmas Eve services wearing a black bustier and leather mini…
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At Home: Out with the old, in with the new
“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.” — journalist Mary Heaton Vorse We’d been through a lot, my old office chair and I. For a quarter century, I relied on her support, on those welcoming arms, nearly every day. Together, we wrestled…
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At Home: 6 ways to resist holiday urge to splurge
If you holiday shop like I do, the experience goes something like this: I go into a store with the intention of buying gifts for family. Next thing, I’ve purchased five holiday gifts for my home, which doesn’t need them, and nothing for anyone on my list. “The temptation is real,” said Mary Collette Rogers,…
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At Home: Hanger management and other ways to cure closet chaos
I remember the moment three years ago when I sternly told my closet: “I will deal with you later.” My husband and I were moving from the happy yellow house to the happier yellow house, and moving day being, well, moving day meant making thousands of game-time decisions about where and how stuff will go…