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Garage sale season!

Ravenswood Manor held a neighborhood garage sale today, and I took the opportunity to paw through people’s junk and to take photos of them enjoying the day. I picked up some books and a few knickknacks, but managed to keep … Continue reading

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The problem with shopping and languages

I thought of the perfect birthday gift today for a good friend. She’s interested in learning Spanish, has a natural curiosity about the ins and outs of colloquial terms, and has successfully learned a language on her own. She can … Continue reading

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Lost in the grocery store. Is the Internet to blame?

When I ducked into a local grocery store the other evening to pick up some last-minute ingredients for pumpkin cookies, I realized I was a bit lost. It used to be that my grocery store “wayfinding” skills were top-notch. I … Continue reading

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