“A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and…
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The View from My Window
The Christmas gift I remember most vividly from my childhood wasn’t one I received myself. Early one autumn, just over…
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Gifts
It is still dark as I type these words, though I’ve been awake for hours on this snow-hushed morning of…
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Things I love: timeless books
I set out this morning to write about a few of my favorite things, beloved treasures I’m pleased to own…
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Thanksgiving
Tomorrow night, for the first time in months, both our boys will be home, everyone sleeping in their own beds…
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Reclaiming Peace
“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and…
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