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The Ultimate Thanksgiving Home Cleaning Checklist

Thanksgiving is one the best times of year to celebrate with family and friends, enjoy delicious food, and express gratitude for all the blessings in

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Dads

100% wool sweater since Midwestern winters are no joke, $90. Comes in seven colors, but this timeless brown feels like a heirloom. Richard Powers’s buzzy

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Do You Live Near Family?

The faces of family members appear in all my early memories. When I was three and got the chicken pox, it was my tía Mimi

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Happy Thanksgiving! | Cup of Jo

Happy Thanksgiving! If you celebrate, are you cooking anything? My mom is in town, and my dad arrives tomorrow (yes, both my divorced parents!), and

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Women

A rollneck sweater for her to cozy up in, $62, plus leather gloves (she can still send you flirty texts while wearing them). Pretty bonbons

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Four Holiday Crafts (for the Hopelessly Uncrafty)

I am so not-an-artist that when my kids recently asked me to draw a dog (a dog!) I couldn’t begin to figure out the shape.

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Sisters

Perfect white tee because she’ll reach for it a million times. The slightly thicker fabric is 100% cotton, the length is tuckable, and the sleeves

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Three Book/Movie/Comedy Reviews | Cup of Jo

Good One Shuggie Bain Grandma’s Girl What have you read/watched/listened to recently? Phoebe Ward, 22, currently works as a barista in New York City. She

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Have a Delicious Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? Tonight I’m excited to see Oh, Mary!, the dark-comedy play about Mary Todd Lincoln. It’s supposed to be

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A Giant Egg Patty to Feed a Crowd

I live a 15-minute walk from “The Big House,” aka the University of Michigan’s football stadium. I’ve been to one game — hated it! But