SNOW WHITE AND THE SIX-TOED CATS OF KEY WEST
SNOW WHITE The snow is substantial and serene, best appreciated in the comfort of heat and lights. Barring any loss of power, I’m...
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Susan Welsh
- Mar 5, 2018
- 3 min
Cru Cut
Close to 4,000 miles separate the small town where we're tasting wine from the origins of the liquid gold poured into the glasses before...
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Susan Welsh
- Feb 22, 2018
- 2 min
Country drives in Country Squires
Back in the 70's when my late brothers Matthew and David resided in Pleasant Manor we would take long country drives on Sundays along...
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By Susan Welsh
- Feb 16, 2018
- 2 min
Happy Aloha Friday
The gray sky and falling temperatures seem to affirm the cold and snowy forecast the meteorologists have predicted for us in the next 24...
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By Susan Welsh
- Feb 14, 2018
- 1 min
Let me call you Sweetheart #LOVE
The origin of Valentine's Day sounds more like the synopsis of an award-winning HBO series for mature audiences than the romantic and...
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By Susan Welsh
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
The Eagles Have Landed!
The convocation (yes, that's what a group of eagles are called) will take to the field this Sunday in the city of Minneapolis, home of...
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Susan Welsh
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
Gold nibs and French Silk Pies
I hold writer's instruments and talismans in high regard and I'm sentimental for the old-fashioned tools of the trade--typewriters...
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Susan Welsh
- Jan 5, 2018
- 5 min
These are a few of my favorite things. . .
I collect snowglobes and paper weights-- microcosms of magical worlds where glitter and lights and bubbles create dreamscapes,...
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By Susan Welsh
- Dec 19, 2017
- 2 min
Christmas and Cholesterol
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE My last few doctor's appointments are beginning to remind me a hell of a lot of those years at the Audi dealership...
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By Susan Welsh
- Dec 19, 2017
- 2 min
General Hospital, my friends from Port Charles, and it's 3 o'clock somewhere. . .
It’s 3:00 and I’m brewing coffee for my afternoon get-together with friends from my favorite soap opera. The theme song from General...
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Susan Welsh
- Dec 11, 2017
- 2 min
Dashing Through the Snow in a '69 Chevrolet
“Jingle Bells” that holiday classic we’ve all been singing since we were kids is actually a song about racing in the streets. This...
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Susan Welsh
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
The 2017 Thank You Card
The "Thank You" stationery we ordered has arrived and it's time to express thanks to our family and friends for the toaster and the cash...
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Susan Welsh
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 min
Last Christmas in memory of George Michael
Last Christmas, shortly after dinner, my Millennial brothers were staring at their phones when the news broke that another iconic 80's...
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Susan Welsh
- Nov 14, 2017
- 2 min
Yesterday's New Hope
After all these decades, Patchouli still lingers in the air, a perfumed reminder of New Hope’s younger, hippier, artsier days. Some of...
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By Susan Welsh
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min
Peppermint Patty, Marcie, and Jodie: the feminist role models of my youth
Okay, maybe I don't run 5 miles a day (I walk 3) and maybe I don't do 100 push-ups daily--though the year I turned 50 did vow to do 50...
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Susan Welsh
- Nov 4, 2017
- 2 min
Rites of Springsteen
I have to be one of the few diehard Springsteen fans that had, until this past Wednesday, never seen him live or on stage. I hung back...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 28, 2017
- 2 min
That's the night that the lights went out on Broadway. . .
In America we have a long tradition of honoring our political past. Carved countenances of past presidents are memorialized in mountains...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 24, 2017
- 3 min
Chocolate Bars and Champagne Truffles
In 2010 Stephanie took a business trip to Basel and brought back a box of Sprüngli Champagne truffles for me. You could say she had me at...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 20, 2017
- 2 min
Nashville, Whiskey, Cash and Cotton Candy
My first country music performance was at a 4th of July picnic in the 70's. My friend Nicole's family was throwing the party and their...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
Tom Petty, Turkey Loaf and Hometown Blues
The first Tom Petty songs I fell for were the ones from his debut album. I listened to "Hometown Blues" and "Breakdown" over and over...
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