A mother’s midlife memoir paired with a gardening book? What, you might well ask, could these two volumes possibly…
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Magic
Just over a year ago, I hit the wall. I’d been writing for months, throwing away more pages than I…
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Pub date reflections
We were an unlikely pair, Olive Ann Burns and I. She was sixty, a gentle, charming Southern housewife with dreams…
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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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A duet with a friend — and some good winter soup
I practiced a visualization all through last winter, one I returned to again and again as I sat alone writing…
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First peek: Magical Journey video & excerpt (and win an advance copy)
I’ve always loved this solstice season of short days and long, cold nights. It is as if all of nature…
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