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		A Letter from Danielle for November ’15 Hi Everyone, We’re starting into the early part of winter now, with the holidays drawing near. It can be the best part, or sometimes the most challenging part. But Thanksgiving is a very special holiday. At first glance, it appears to be all about food, and all the traditional things we like to eat on […] Read more
		A Letter from Danielle for October ’15 Hi Friends, After some down time in the summer (never much, since I was working on a book and ‘taking it easy’ is never my strong suit), September always picks up the pace. I always get busier as I leap into fall, with plans and projects for the coming months. Things tend to speed up […] Read more
		A Letter From Danielle for September ’15 Hi Friends, September is one of my favorite months of the year, probably left over from my school days. And for years, it was my busiest month. With 9 kids to outfit, organize and get ready for school-lots of fun trips to the 5 and 10 for pencils, notebooks, erasers and lunch boxes (with Super […] Read more
		A Letter from Danielle for August ’15 Hi Everyone, Well, the weather is certainly right to be writing a summer newsletter!! As I write this, we’ve had 105 degree weather in a heat wave in Paris, the first in several years. We’ve had cold rainy June and July months for several years now, and this harks back more to the summer weather […] Read more
		A Letter from Danielle for July ’15 Hi Everyone, Although I find September exciting-because I always feel like everything is starting fresh after the summer and at the beginning of the school year (even this many years later) -I’ve always thought that July is the sweet spot in the year. It’s just a gorgeous time of year. June leads up to our […] Read more
		A Letter from Danielle for May ’15 Hi Everyone, I’ve always loved the month of May. After the chilly winds of April, in some places May is the beginning of warm weather, but even if not, spring is in the air, flowers are blooming and summer is just around the corner, or at least we hope so. The month begins with May […] Read more
		A Note from Danielle for March ’15 Dear Friends, St. Patrick’s Day is the big holiday in March, but one I can lay no claim to, with no Irish or Anglo Saxon relatives at all. But it’s a big day for anyone with even a drop of Irish blood! Daylight Savings will give us longer days, which I love, and reminds us […] Read more
		A note from Danielle for February ’15 Dear Friends, The big event in February is Valentine’s Day, for those who have new romances, old loves, or wish they did. Candy, flowers, presents, cards and all the things we hope about love. I’ve had some great Valentine’s Days (a marriage proposal that led to a wonderful eighteen-year marriage and eight of my nine […] Read more
		A Note from Danielle for January ’15 Dear Friends, January is always a nice quiet month (I hope!!) when everyone gets to recuperate from the holidays, tuck in at home and stay cozy in bad weather pretty much everywhere, and get ready for the new year. I never make New Year’s resolutions, as I’ve told you before, because I never stick to […] Read more
		A Note from Danielle for December ’14 Dear Friends, Wow! The busiest month of the year, filled with light and hope, and a thousand things to do in preparation for the holidays. Finding presents for those we love, making plans to go home, or getting ready for loved ones to come home. A time of giving, gathering around, for old traditions and […] Read more