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The Four Worst Christmas Songs

I have been a lonely Jew on Christmas for nearly ten years now, and, each year, my tolerance for fail-Christmas songs lowers perceptibly.
Part of it, I know, is merely old age: when I was a child, every Wham! “Last Christmas” or NKOTB “Funky Christmas” brought me closer to an obscene quantity of disposable plastic toys. [...]

Mo’ Amigurumi Blues

I wonder what made me think I could crochet a toy for one child and not the other.
There was much panda drama for this mama ever since (does no one else believe children should be silent after 6 PM?), leading me to start and complete a second crochet amigurumi in 48 hours, which has [...]