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What Makes a House a Home?
My mother created a great home, filled with love and roast chicken. Five tips I picked up from her:
1. Have 50 extra rolls of toilet paper on hand at all times.
2. Stock the freezer with chocolate ice cream.
3. Be gracious with guests and feed them well (and in my house, serve good cocktails.)
4. Keep surroundings clean, but not austere.
5. Hug a lot.
What makes a home for you?
Image: Still Life #30, 1963, by Tom Wesselmann
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1. decorate for every holiday and make corresponding baked goods.
2. cook at least twice as much as needed, and have a fridge full of leftovers to satisfy next-day hunger.
3. have a nice place outside to sit alone and think or read or gather with friends to talk and eat and drink!
4. knickknacks and paintings everywhere.
5. dogs!
6. porch light is always left on.
kitties!