traditions

The Family Tree

by Karen Robbins January 15, 2010
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Many of us were blessed to be able to spend time with close family and even some extended family this past holiday season. When we don’t get together often, it gets more difficult to explain to grandchildren how all these people are related to them. While kids generally are more interested in just playing with [...]

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Keeping Christmas Traditions

by Kristine McGuire November 6, 2009
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I clearly remember the Christmas morning when I was six years old. Christmas was always an exciting time in our home. My mother would bake cookies and desserts to share with family and friends. The house would be trimmed in festive decorations of red, green, and gold. There was a silver aluminum tree decorated with [...]

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Greek Easter Egg Bread

by Constance Gilbert March 15, 2008
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I don’t really consider myself a baker. My pie crusts are soggy—rarely nice and flaky; and I don’t have the patience for making fancy cakes. But I love the yeasty smell of bread baking! So I try to bake breads and coffeecakes—especially at holiday time. That’s how I happened to make Braided Greek Easter Egg [...]

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Tradition!

by Karen Robbins February 10, 2008

Yes, I am a shameless Ohio State Buckeye fan. It is my alma mater and my husband’s as well. Bob grew up in Columbus so, as they say, he “bleeds scarlet and gray.” Much excitement is generated in “old Columbus town” on football Saturdays but it doesn’t entirely involve passing or kicking a football. It [...]

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Grandma, The Storyteller

by Karen Robbins November 1, 2006
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“Over the river and through the woods…” begins to play in my head about this time of year. Actually, it is more like “over the interstate and through the town,” and it’s not always to Grandmother’s house we go. For more than thirty-seven years now, we have attended the Robbins’ Family Thanksgiving. Over the years [...]

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