Five years ago today, my husband and I signed the papers on the property that we now call home. I…
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Connecting
“You ought to Twitter,” my book publicist told me months ago. “No thanks,” I said, “it’s just not me.” A…
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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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Monks and memories
A month after the September 11 terrorist attacks, I drove from our house in Massachusetts up to New Hampshire to…
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Bookstores and hydrangeas
It seemed fitting that my first reading for The Gift of an Ordinary Day take place in our old hometown…
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Pub date
Pub date for The Gift of an Ordinary Day came and went, the book’s arrival in stores eclipsed in our…
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