There Will be No Pun This Thanksgiving!

All families have unique ways to celebrate Turkey Day. Some like a lot of drama. Some watch football. Some go jogging. Our family has a strange tradition that only gets worse with time. It always starts innocently enough. Then someone throws down the gauntlet. Last Thanksgiving was typical. We’re eating turkey, with all the trimmings. […]

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Ready! Set! Bake!

It makes no sense. A series about muffins and quick breads should put everyone to sleep. But I count the days until the next episode of “The Great British Bake-Off” like I used to wait for the newest Beatles song. For an hour, I’m transported from tense America to the “baking tent,” amid the bucolic […]

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3 Reasons Why Pedometers Are Better Than Xanax

God, this is a stressful time. My body’s buzzing with so much tension, I want to reach for a Xanax, two shots of tequila, or both. But the other day, I found something in my desk drawer, something small and plastic and gray. Something I’d forgotten about. I clipped it onto my waist band and […]

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