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Where are Your Six Stone Jars?
It’s the number one book, again, for Americans, according to the most recent Harris Poll. It’s now followed by Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and To Kill a Mockingbird. And...
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The Shadow Who Is About To Shine
She carries a journal around to capture her thoughts — and they fly off the page, sending her down roads and alleys she never expected to travel. She’s also quite savvy on Pinterest — she has the kind...
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Falling Asleep Twice In One Night
The list of alarms that show up on my phone are a journal of sorts. The times chronicle and recount the trips, the events and the excitement of the last 6 months. An early morning Regatta here, a plane...
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Cookbooks as Treasure Maps, and the Healing Power of Pie
Everytime I crack an egg, I am trying to re-create some of the healing that fried egg sandwich brought me so many years ago. I’m convinced that the one thing that made my sleep as deeply restful as it...
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So, I Called My Dad
I don’t know why, I just felt that it had been awhile since I talked to him last. Purely as a whim, with nothing in particular to say, or find out, I simply picked up my phone and dialed him, at his...
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When People Are Interested in Your Vacation Photos
Over a lush lawn of bright green spring grass, sits a half—filled crumbled paper lawn bag, propped up on the legs of the landscaper, likely the owner of the house. One hand has left the rake stand...
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I Need A Hug
The camp is close to home… and we thought we would stop by after dinner time and drop off some extra Gatorade.. and say Hi. He was walking from the commons, heading back to his dorm when we spotted...
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The Clues are in the “Ums” and “Ahs”
“It just doesn’t feel like Christmas unless I’m out making deliveries.” While most kids were busy making Christmas lists, Karmen was out with her mom and siblings, giving presents away. “In our spare...
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Just Two Short Years Ago
You had still had baby cheeks. And whatever I said, seemed to make the sun rise or set on your dreams,,,, because a dream for you then, only had a ten-hour lifespan. Whenever i look back at any of...
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Living A Day Through Tartt’s Goldfinch World
You know how you are gifted with those “favorite days” that surprise you like unexpected bequests handed down by an angel? The unforeseen ones, when reality is suspended just a bit, and things just...
View ArticleGifts at 5:30 AM
At 5:30 am, I provided a ham and cheese sandwich, a cup of gingerbread tea, minor editing and moral support. Oh yes, and a lecture too. The one about procrastination; that vice that propelled him to...
View ArticleYou Have To Be Really Careful Around This Curve…
The college boy is rowing. New this year. When I picked him up to come home for Christmas, he asked me if I wanted to see where he rows. Sure. Of course, I do. He drove me past the house he already...
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How To Cook Dinner on A Dreary January Night
Other than flying off to eat somewhere special, where the meal is carefully created by someone else – someone more deliberate and intentional than you are with the food, the next best thing is to...
View ArticleI Miss Feeding Him
I picked up the little boy from a play date today. While standing in the kitchen there, the boy’s mom, that I had just met, told me, in her southern drawl, that she put on far too many pounds from the...
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And The Sky Dropped Ice
The snow kept falling, and the early spring sky tried to turn the droplets into rain; but nature won out, and the farther north we drove, the droplets turned into ice. The kind of ice that stings the...
View ArticlePerhaps Walking Is Overrated?
I started physical therapy last Monday to rebuild strength in my leg. The leg has been locked in a brace for three weeks for the purpose of building scar tissue around the MCL. The task in front of me...
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He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My …
When that song was popular, when I was a little girl, the Vietnam Conflict was in full swing…and that song would so flagrantly, and innaproritately blare the words, “he’s my brother,” and it would send...
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Fearing Infinity
There was that one day, nestled between all the rest, when the sun lasted long enough to get everything done, and the boys acted like little boys again, taking the canoe way across the lake to spot the...
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I’m Friends With My Son’s Ex-Girlfriend
I get random texts from her, I follow her on Facebook — because she delights me– and sometimes, when he’s not around, I actually sneak over to her house and look at her Europe photos. She just got...
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Wishing Tree
The fact that the first ones look as good as the new ones, even after all the storms we’ve had, is what I love the best about the Wishing Tree. This magical tree grows outside of a candy store, just a...
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