Losing my religion (sorry, R.E.M., there was no spotlight)
Blame it on Bible camp. It was my first job. At the age of 15, I spent the summer with my best friend. We worked for a week at a time, hanging out with other kids our age doing dishes, serving meals,...
View ArticleA 21st-century proposal
Supposedly, ’tis the season for engagement. (Read Brittany’s post.) Including my own. My boyfriend proposed Christmas Eve, so I had the opportunity to tell the story over and over and over to friends...
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Some of my favorite cold-weather things
My purple hat and I go way back. Dec. 31, 2008, in Lewistown. I really don’t like winter: the chill in my bones, the high heating bill and how the lack of sunlight gives me seasonal affective disorder....
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Rejecting technology and apps for paper holiday list
Ahhh, the joys of a fresh, blank piece of paper. PhotoXpress image by Furan It is Nov. 19 and I am already thinking about holiday gifts for family and friends. I am pushed a little in that direction,...
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If you give a 24-year-old a TV…
My yard-sale couch with a Walmart slipcover looks fairly nice… as long as nobody sits on it. This year, my parents graciously gifted me a new TV for Christmas. It’s a beauty — far more beautiful,...
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Waiting around for Christmas shopping
Chasta Strouse of Dover Township talks with West York police officers Michael Carricato and Scott Musselman while holding her position as the first person in line outside the West Manchester Township...
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A 20-something Christmas list
(Photo courtesy of stock.xchng user sontran) If you asked me what I truly want for Christmas, it would be some time off work with family and friends, a few meals cooked by someone else (with someone...
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Don’t just look away, say hi to those bell ringers
It’s that time of year where nearly every time you get out of your car at a store, you hear bells. It’s not angels you have heard on high, it’s the bell ringers. You know you don’t have any change...
View Article‘Tis the season to watch movies; Dissecting the differences between two...
There are a few things that go hand-in-hand with the American Christmas season. Among them are baking cookies, shopping and caroling. A fourth, for good measure, is watching Christmas movies, something...
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Not your typical 20-something Christmas
Bah humbug says my cat, Ginger. It may be slightly Grinchy of me, but I don’t get really excited for Christmas. When I was young, I remember not being able to sleep on Christmas Eve. We would wake Mom...
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