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The Crayola Caddy
She unveiled the orange Binney & Smith box to my stunned 7-year-old face as I sat at the kitchen table with my little sister Sharon. My mother constantly fed my appetite for art supplies and she...
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Castles, Cakes, and Canvas
My mother-in-law Michelle Downin (rest her awesome soul) was a cake decorating goddess. I flipped when I found this old Wilton cake decorating magazine which featured a castle on its cover. The...
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Hot Air Balloons
I saw these hanging from the ceiling of a shop in Chelsea and I was instantly catapulted backwards in time to childhood. I remember tying a message to a balloon and setting it free into the sky. My...
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Reminders
These sit on a shelf in my office. My mom crafted the one on the left in 1975 and sewed my first baby rattle in its belly. The dark blue bear on the far right is from my grandmother Wilkinson, the...
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New Neighbors!
We met our new neighbors tonight and I grabbed a sample of The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game for their adorable son and a bottle of wine for mom and dad. After a few rounds of the game, he went off to...
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What Barbie Taught Me about Wearing a Plastic Smile
My Master’s Thesis is now available on the Amazon Kindle for 99 cents. It’s the beginning of my story of childhood escape and survival, told through my point of view as a six-year-old.
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My Very Own Author Page on Amazon
Now on Amazon! My Master’s Thesis memoir, What Barbie Taught Me about Wearing a Plastic Smile, has gotten me thinking about the importance of play and imagination in the life of a child. When magical...
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Vintage Fisher-Price Advertisement
Remember the Fisher-Price garage? I had this toy in the late 1970s really loved it. Oddly, I was never into cars or construction vehicles as much as I was into pretend play. This toy was magic! The car...
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