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Mrs. G. and her daughter were out shoe shopping running important errands months back. Mrs. G’s daughter was driving (she was due to get her license in a couple of weeks), and Mrs. G. was drilling her on all the safety tips she should know before she backed out of the driveway and headed off [...]

Routine can lull our minds to sleep.
Just for fun, at the beginning of the day, pick a color. Any color.
Throughout the day, look for that color around you.
This little practice can wake up your brain and show you things you have never noticed before.

I grew up the daughter of an office supplies salesman. I think it is quite possibly the best position, as far as being a daughter is concerned. My Daddy would bring home boxes upon boxes of map pencils, post-its, binders, markers, highlighters, scissors, staplers, paperclips, pens and anything else you can imagine filling [...]

A few days back, KarenTH sent an e-mail to share an article she had read on NPR.org.
(You should go read the article. And if you have twelve minutes, you can listen to the Talk of the Nation Broadcast at the same link.)
In a nutshell, an online magazine asked readers to summarize their lives in six [...]

I’m normally late with my posting here.
Recently, I was absent for weeks. I blamed lack of internet access (partly true, but I could have dragged my sorry ass to an internet cafe!).
My girls (and I would give a shout out, but they know who they are) are being patient and caring and waiting for me [...]

We have a new writer here at FBA. Please give a warm welcome to Mrs. G. from Derfwad Manor. Mrs. G. lives in the Northwest with her husband and two children, ages 13 and 17. While she teaches part-time, her kids have been homeschooled since the beginning.
She loves public radio and was a regular commentator [...]

The New York Times published an article this week about long-married couples needing to reinvent the popular tradition of date night. Brain and behavior researchers have completed a study which indicates, “Simply spending quality time together is probably not enough to prevent a relationship from getting stale.” Apparently, according to this study, one of the [...]