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Copycatters Revisited
November 19 is a date to remember for sure in the music industry. Once a song is declared a hit, recording artists by the droves try to monopolize on its success, some even hoping to make it better....
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Gobble Gobble Gobble
Two Sides of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day Music The grocery stores have been brimming with fresh frozen turkeys awaiting their final presentation at the...
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Fourth Week of November
Here we are past the First Week of November, the Second Week of November, the Third Week of November and moving right along in the Fourth (and final) Week of November! Whew! Time flies oh-so fast it is...
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Bon Appétit & Music Too!
Gobble Gobble Gobble is the tune of the day if the only thing on your mind is the Thanksgiving feast...BUT that is not all Thanksgiving is about. It's only a start... gluttons for punishmentpartake of...
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Hot Deals, not Hot Tamales!
Okay all you insane shoppers! Tomorrow isTGIF but this TGIF is no ordinary Friday...it will be wild and frantic filled with shopping cra-a-a-a-a-ziness for it is the B-B-B-B-B-I-I-I-I-I-G-G-G-G-G-est...
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Believe it or not...Buy Nothing Day on Black Friday!
This is just crazy! Black Friday is the B-B-B-B-B-I-I-I-I-I-G-G-G-G-G-est shopping day of the year! How on earth can this day also be celebrated as ...For very few of us has there been a day when we...
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Gypsy Toast?
For many of us, food is not the first thought of dawn so for all you last risers or mid-morning breakfast lovers early risers, it's breakfast time! In fact, breakfast can be enjoyed any time of the...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤With anything good comes pluses and minuses, pros and cons, ins and outs! This can surely be said of our most favorite yummy morning, afternoon and sometimes evening savorings. Coffee,...
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Food Fights for Freedom
First thoughts might be the "food fights" so familiar in a high school cafeteria with freedom being a day out of the classroom because of suspension! Not so in this case. Look at it again this time...
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Moussing the Pumpkin & More
There are numerous variations/usages for pumpkin that extend way beyond the carvings on Halloween. In fact, pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins are everywhere, especially in scrumptious fall dessert recipes!...
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#CyberMonday
Shopping madness continues but this time no more having to fight the crowds or wait in lo-o-o-o-ong lines. No more battling the weather in areas where rain or snow might be prevailing. Today you get to...
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Full-throated, Robust Baritone
Within Awakenings is a LOT of music and music history. Tomorrow not only begins a new month but is the last month in yet another year. Let's step back in time to some great recording artists and hits...
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Unforgettable
In September, Awakenings sister site catnipoflife posted a short piece on moments considered unforgettable. catnip reflected upon tranquil scenes and the beauty encountered when Flying Over America....
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Exciting, Colorful & Musical
...one of the most exciting times of the year...colorful &musical! Ordinarily when one hears December, thoughts are surrounded by br-r-r-r-r cold, Ol' Man Winter and Jack Frost. Taking the entire...
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Open Wide...Take a RED bite!
On Awakenings, you will find apples featured many, many times: How the Apple Orchards Spread,Cherries & Apples, Apple time!, Legend of the Apple, Yummy... Dessert!, APPle, AppLE, APPLE-licious!,...
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#GivingTuesday
During such a hectic time of spending, spending, spending, it is great to flip the coin, shift gears, cross the road to the other side and focus on giving! It is easy to get caught up in the excitement...
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First Week of December...
WOW! This coming week is devoted to COOKIES! National Cookie Cutter Week is always the first week in December. Wonder if that time was designated because of the wonderful cookies to be enjoyed during...
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The Ultimate 'Thriller'
Feeling Tempted More on December 2 Life & FeelingsWhat is it about the macabre that draws us into its clutches and holds us spellbound? We scream like crazy, cover...
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TxtN trns 23 2day. Hw willya celebr8?
r u a txtr? Texting is as common today as waking up in the morning and brushing your teeth! The messages are to the point, abbreviated so without the need of spellcheck or grammar check. It has almost...
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Tempting Thursday
Here we are past 'hump' day on the way to the weekend! While we have to wait until tomorrow to celebrate TGIF, that does not mean we cannot also celebrate today, in fact, this day and every day!...
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