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It Had to Be Said - April 114 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 1 month ago: You know I like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the neighborhood, whether it’s a l … more →

Tags: Green, Environment, Waste Station, public park, Playground

Confused - April 110 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 1 month ago: This weekend I went to my hometown library, the one where I borrowed every Nancy Drew book, and when … more →

Tags: Library, Sharing, Nancy Drew

The Ultimate (sob!) Sacrifice - March 222 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 2 months ago: It’s Girl Scout cookie time at last, so yesterday I was completing my duties for this year … more →

Tags: Girl Scout Cookies, gluttony, Seven Dealy Sins, Thin Mints

Old Dogs - March 102 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 2 months ago: It’s funny — I have posted here over time about helping kids try to get a job in publish … more →

Tags: Baby Boomers, booksellers, downsizing, Retirement, twitter

First Impressions - February 228 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 2 months ago: Here’s something that doesn’t always work out for me: I make snap judgments when I meet … more →

Tags: College, Teenagers, Airport, First Impressions

Valentine's Day 20135 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 3 months ago: Those of you who have read ONE GOOD DEED, the book, will remember the tradition I started (a traditi … more →

Tags: Love, valentine card, valentine's day

More About the Sweetness - February 73 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 3 months ago: Lots of you ONE GOOD DEED blog readers have enjoyed my most recent post (February 1) about the World … more →

Tags: Giving, customer, never too late

The World's Sweetest Customer - February 18 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 3 months ago: Some people just get to you. Now anybody who’s worked in retail will tell you, customers are a … more →

Tags: bookstore, customer, Customer Service, Retail, Resume, job hunter

Turndown service - January 242 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 3 months ago: This isn’t so much a good deed as something nice to do for someone, and a little surprise, to … more →

Tags: Hotel, Guest, hostess gift, Etiquette, turndown service

"The Jetty Girls" - January 102 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 4 months ago: A lovely story from the end of my Christmas vacation. My cousin Jim and I were standing in his livin … more →

Tags: Cousins, Family, History, bay view

Erin McHugh, the Anti-Resolutionist - January 3

erinmchughwrites wrote 4 months ago: You may or may not be surprised, Dear Readers, to find that although I’m all for — as th … more →

Tags: new year, Resolutions, New Year New You

That Christmas Feeling - December 212 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 5 months ago: Is it the season? Is it because I’ve become more aware of the world through my One Good Deed j … more →

Tags: Giving, Christmas, Holiday, Christmas spirit

"I don't have a gun. I don't want a gun. I don't need a gun." - December 152 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 5 months ago: The above statement is from a petition going around on social media right now to pass new laws on gu … more →

Tags: Guns, Gun Control, Sandy Hook, NRA

Holiday Cards - December 14 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 5 months ago: I started to put together a list of people to send holiday cards to today. And yes, I say holiday ca … more →

Tags: hospital, Soldier, Christmas Card, Holiday, Holiday Mail for Heroes, American Red Cross

How You Pick a Publisher - November 216 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 6 months ago: How do you pick a publisher? Or, how do they pick you? In the hours before their offices closed for … more →

Tags: Thanksgiving, Abrams Books, Author, publisher

An Old Favorite: cranberry Surprise Pie - November 202 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 6 months ago: Over the last couple of weeks, doing events and radio shows with ONE GOOD DEED (the book), I’v … more →

Tags: Thanksgiving, Cranberry Surprise Pie, Cranberry, recipe, Dessert

Fourfold - November 104 comments

erinmchughwrites wrote 6 months ago: Day in, day out, we have classes of kids coming in and out of my bookstore. Mostly they’re cute – no … more →

Tags: Books, First Book, Hurricane Sandy, hurricane relief, Rockaways

The Best Deed of All - November 6

erinmchughwrites wrote 6 months ago: Today I want to repost an old entry from during the time I was writing ONE GOOD DEED, the book. It w … more →

Tags: vote, election, President

A Little Bit of Feel Good - November 4

erinmchughwrites wrote 6 months ago: There was lots of (righteous) sturm und drang about whether or not the New York City Marathon should … more →

Tags: New York City, hurricane, Sandy, new york road runners, Staten Island, marathon, Relief Effort


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