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New Year Resolutions?

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Scribe Doll

I’ve binned my 2018 New Year’s resolutions. Unopened.  They were past their use-by date.  Somehow, they ended up being kicked under the bed or falling behind bookcases, where dust grows in tumbleweed form, buried under dictionaries on my desk, or … Continue reading →

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A Broom to Sweep Out the Old*

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Scribe Doll

In Rome, at this time of year, among the blocks of torrone and wedges of panforte piled up on the market stalls, you can also buy a scacciaguai.  It is a miniature broomstick.  People hang it just inside their front … Continue reading →

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