How to make the best chicken tenders – gluten-free option, too!

November 17, 2025
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Looking for something easy but tasty before the big holiday cooking spree? I've got ya! I got addicted to these a few months ago and I do enjoy them with a sweet and hot spicy sriracha sauce. And now, my husband's into them, too! They really are the best chicken tenders....so here are a few...
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The gift of being seen

February 23, 2022
get-you
See me...feel me...touch me...heal me.... Listening to you, I get the music From you, I get opinions From you, I get the story.  ~The Who Oh, the gift of being...
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Coping with grief and loss

February 16, 2022
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She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean & when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor & she wiped at it quickly with her foot...
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Do bullet journals make you feel inadequate?

February 15, 2022
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Ok, try not to laugh. I wrote this post about the bullet journal fad originally in 2018. And, thankfully, the craze seems to have significantly died down. But I thought...
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It’s time to redefine Valentine’s Day to make i...

February 14, 2022
Valentine's-Day
Valentine's Day is not just for lovers. It's for love. All kinds of love. And showing our love. The month of February is a great time to send a different kind of...
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In praise of millennials

February 10, 2022
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Full disclosure: I taught college for many years and I love working with young people. Full knowledge: I know "OK, Boomer!" is a millennial term used to disparage...
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How travel presents a world of endless possibilities

February 8, 2022
I miss this sight. International travel is one of my greatest joys and being unable to do that for more than two years has been a big disappointment. The awesome...
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Do not go gentle into that good night

February 2, 2022
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Do not go gentle into that good night Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ~Dylan Thomas After a long and difficult fight with ovarian cancer, my dear, dear...
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Sweeping up the pieces of a broken heart

January 27, 2022
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In most of the novels I've read about men leaving their wives, the spurned wife with a broken heart wants to kill herself. It says a lot about me that when my...
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When denial is not a river in Egypt

January 25, 2022
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Careful is my middle name. It's also been my mantra for the entire two years (so far) of the pandemic. I really care that we all get through this alive and that we...
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You’d be barking at the moon, too, if you were a dog!

January 20, 2022
Fellow dog lovers who love heartwarming tales (and tails!), this post is for YOU!   Reasons you want to read this book: Your dog has been seen barking at the...
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