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Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day.
Some ways you can take action:
- Get tested for HIV (I’ve been tested, and I encourage all of you to do the same). Go here for a list of free and confidential NYC-area clinics.
- Decide not to engage in high-risk behaviors and learn how to protect yourself.
I love pickles to a weird degree. I have been known to eat entire jars in one sitting, and when I was little I used to buy those enormous deli pickles, dip them in salt - yep - and eat them while watching the escapades of Jem and the Holograms. I saw this pickle ornament at a gift shop in Ohio, and upon second glance think that maybe I should have bought it.
You can find fun, vintage-y looking fruit & vegetable Christmas ornaments at christmasatthelake.com. My favorites: Crab Louie, Sunnyside Up, and cherries.
And here’s the pickle!
A Special Offer for NS Readers…
Since the holidays are drawing ever-nearer, I asked reader Mary Clare, whose family owns Viewville.com (I’ve written about it here before) to give me some suggestions for prints for everyone on your list. Here’s what she came up with:
Parents/Friends:
Book Worm: Flower Type
Books always make great presents. Here are some of my favorite picks for gifting purposes:
The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley: I’ve read it perhaps five times, starting in tenth grade, and it’s one of the most extraordinary books I’ve ever encountered.
Much to Your Chagrin, by Suzanne Guillette: Read my review here.
