It begins when I know that silence will hurt me and those I love, when the comfort of my life will not insulate me from the
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Results23Catching Days: A Guest Post and Goodbye
For fourteen years, this dog has witnessed every word I’ve written or struggled to write. When Cynthia Newberry Martin invited me to write about one of
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Weights and Measures
Since January 1, I’ve walked 212 miles, more or less. I’ve lost ten pounds. I’ve consumed an average of 55 grams of fat a day that
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Wild Women Walking
When I set out to write this essay, I thought I was going to write a droll list of reasons why I could never have written
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Old Yeller and The Repo Man: Thanksgiving 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnhojq63-Bs The movie is Old Yeller and it plays out on the television in the corner of the hospital room. My son, then eleven, watches from
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When I Die, I Want to Become a Tomato
When I die, I want to be composted. I’d like to come back as a tomato. When I tell my family this, they just sniff and
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Revisions
Revisions: a promising word that grows out of a hopeful thought: to see again. I’ve spent the better part of the past six weeks revising pages
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Monday Letters
It’s five o’clock on Monday morning and my mother sits in bed, knees up, a pad against her thighs, her second cup of coffee steaming within
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About A Boy
Today, April 20, is about Easter. It is also about a boy. The boy in this picture came into my life on April 20, 1975. He
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Journey to Now, Again
I read MAGICAL JOURNEY last summer and shared my thoughts and a free copy about it here. The paperback version has just been released and Katrina Kenison is offering
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