Standing there in the wind and the sound of the trees, remembering she is here with all of it for…
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what have you made this year?
(answer, and you may win a book!)
Yes, it’s been a year. A year since we counted the rolls of toilet paper in the closet, filled our…
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comfort, conversation, and books to get us through
Winter is coming. And this year, even before the temperature drops below zero in New Hampshire, it’s already feeling colder…
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a birthday, a book, a gift
For my birthday this year the universe gave me Ann Patchett. And my joy and gratitude is such that I’m…
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dear older: I did not expect tears!
My friend, writing colleague, and gardening expert, Margaret Roach and I touch base almost daily. Often it’s just a texted…
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a chat with Anna Quindlen
“Look around at the azaleas making fuchsia star bursts in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a…
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