Shannon Archive

  • I came up with this casserole tonight after searching the web for a more “homemade” version of the old favorite.  Because I keep kosher, I can’t use any of the...

    Easy Cheesy Tuna Noodle Casserole

    I came up with this casserole tonight after searching the web for a more “homemade” version of the old favorite.  Because I keep kosher, I can’t use any of the...

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  • My earliest Christmas memory took place in my elementary school music class.  I was wearing headphones and listening to a Walkman while the rest of my class sang Jesus Loves...

    Christmas Lessons for a Jewish Mom

    My earliest Christmas memory took place in my elementary school music class.  I was wearing headphones and listening to a Walkman while the rest of my class sang Jesus Loves...

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  • This month, I am kvelling about my newest gig contributing to the online magazine Kveller.com.  When my dear friend Alene asked if I would be interested, I have to admit I hadn’t...

    Kvelling

    This month, I am kvelling about my newest gig contributing to the online magazine Kveller.com.  When my dear friend Alene asked if I would be interested, I have to admit I hadn’t...

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  • Tomorrow, I will run 10 miles.  The following week, I will run 13.1 miles.  On January 29th, I will run 26.2 miles.  This is what I do.  I have a...

    Running Inspiration

    Tomorrow, I will run 10 miles.  The following week, I will run 13.1 miles.  On January 29th, I will run 26.2 miles.  This is what I do.  I have a...

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  •   Above are Sonia 2007 (left) and Evelyn 2011 (right) in the same t-shirt. Having anew baby reminds me so much of my dear Sonia who I only experienced as...

    Deja Vu

      Above are Sonia 2007 (left) and Evelyn 2011 (right) in the same t-shirt. Having anew baby reminds me so much of my dear Sonia who I only experienced as...

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  • Many times during my pregnancy with Evelyn, when I would tell someone I was planning to birth her naturally, I would get the inevitable “why?”.  That, or someone would say...

    Why Natural Birth?

    Many times during my pregnancy with Evelyn, when I would tell someone I was planning to birth her naturally, I would get the inevitable “why?”.  That, or someone would say...

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