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I could swear this robin looks exasperated with the snow AND the camera, no? “First snow and now THIS?”

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SCORE!

Look what I found while junktiquing last weekend. Enough wooden spools to decorate next year’s Christmas tree. $20 total.

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juggling work and parenting

On a scale of 1 to 10, I thought this photo of hubby Lucas working on our taxes rated a 10+. We’re happy to report that a couple of days ago Piper and Patch slept through the night for the first time.

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Sometimes …

no, every time

I hear good news I get a little rush of happiness.

Don’t you love that feeling—knowing something wonderful or playful has happened out there in the world?

Amid chaos and crime, sometimes there’s a quiet gem of a story that shines through,

and makes us feel a bit brighter, lighter.

Take, for instance, this tale of two elephants …

Last month, a pair of middle-aged pachyderms was traveling by truck through Russia’s bitterly cold Novosibirsk region when their wooden trailer caught fire.

Jenny and Magda, ages 45 and 48, were evacuated and had to wait outside to be rescued in temperatures hovering around 40 below zero …

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