It’s a pretty remarkable Halloween – two feet of snow are piled up outside the window, and the pumpkins are…
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Summer memories
When our sons were young we had a tradition of spending a week each summer on Monhegan Island, eleven miles…
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Trading Kids
He didn’t need training wheels anymore, but there was no way our cautious little boy was going to let us…
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Letting go, again
The lilacs bloomed this week, and tulips appeared like magic all through the front garden (it was quite a surprise…
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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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Simplicity Parenting and Books to Give Away
I can’t recall how many times a reader has written to say, “I wish I’d found your books years ago,…
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