As a child, I lived next door to an elderly couple who spent their golden years cultivating gorgeous roses, raising…
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Mystery
Ten years ago, my birthday. I am visiting a friend in New Hampshire. It is unseasonably cold for early October;…
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4th of July
The newest citizen in this morning’s 4th of July parade was less than three weeks old; the oldest arrived on…
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Kindness
It wasn’t much of a day for celebrating, this rainy Wednesday. In years past we’ve marked my husband’s June birthday…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Every year, I tell my sons what I’d like for Mother’s Day: a letter. Something written from the heart and…
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Everyone once, once only
“Everyone once, once only. Just once and no more. And we also once. Never again. But this having been once,…
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