CuppaGemma

All hail communication, except when we don’t understand one another. A letter is a very different thing than a dash off email or a stream of thoughts interrupting IM- ping flow if there is such a thing. With a letter, you need to sit down and take your pen or roll the paper into a […]

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It was spring. Some things would end and others begin. Snow sprinkled the morning like confetti for a new year. And the night before the fire had crackled with the warm purr of embers nestling embers. The light of the night, the light of the stars, the light in their eyes held a little harmony […]

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From the front lines of mothering, “Mom, question.” My twelve year old, Thomas prefaces his queries this way. He is a logical and practical thinker who prefers to get right to the point with all matters. Especially important ones. I need to do this, where can I find that and what if I were to…I […]

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From the Economist, “The extra cent a pound is the first pay increase workers have received in 30 years. Even with it, a picker would have to fill 15 32-pound buckets an hour to earn Florida’s minimum wage of $6.79.” Seasonal workers don’t make much. And is three decades is a rather long time to […]

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