Writing and Reading – Page 2

of gardens and grandmothersa podcast with Margaret Roach(and a book give-away, too)

It’s just after 5 a.m. as I type these words, still completely dark outside. But my friend Margaret Roach and I…
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the book you want to read now:Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth(and a give-away)

For sixteen years I had what was arguably the best job in the world. It certainly was the best job…
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moments of seeing: books!

Sometimes, life sits you down in a chair and insists that you stay put, doing the thing you’re really meant…
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chatting with ghosts a visit to E.B. White’s farm

Have you ever wondered by what mysterious alchemy a whim becomes a wish, and a wish a reality? I’m pretty…
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saving Jake — a mom’s story & a give-away

Since writing last week about my son Jack’s addiction and first steps in recovery, I’ve been inspired and humbled and…
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things to love in january

January is the warrior month,” writes Vivian Swift in her gorgeous hand-lettered book When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s…
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