When my boys were small we had a favorite winter book called “Something is Going to Happen.” As the family…
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Good-byes
The house is so quiet. I had planned to spend the afternoon putting Christmas decorations away, vacuuming the dog hair…
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Scatter darkness
If you’re lucky, life affords you a few moments when you feel as if you are exactly where you are…
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Thanksgiving
“Thanksgiving is really over,” my friend Patti wrote yesterday. “All that’s left are yams.” I know what she means. In…
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Coyotes
If you live in the country, you know the sound: the high, frantic yipping and yowling of coyotes working themselves…
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A widening circle
It’s been a month since The Gift of an Ordinary Day was published. No bestseller lists, no rave reviews in…
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