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Soft Summer Nights
When summer finally comes, it’s easy to forget the past. You know…the ice and wind and the nights when one is cold right down to the bones and can’t get warm no matter…
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Kate Spade
When I took my first job after my divorce it was in the city. I traveled by train every morning to what seemed a faraway and intimidating Emerald City. When I disembarked I…
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Seasons of Home
I’ve always liked musing about the Welsh word “Hiraeth”, which means to yearn for a home one can never return to or to long for a home that never was. It can also…
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Flowers and Mothers
Lily of the Valley or Muguet de Bois, is the quintessential flower of spring. Along with lilacs which burst into bloom the second week in May each year, spring bouquets are the most…
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Lessons in Botany
Some dresses you never forget. One of mine, a white pique I wore in the third grade is with me still. I remember this dress partly because it was my spring dress the…
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Ten Thousand Joys
So many times I’ve tried to write a blog post only to find I don’t have any words for you, dear readers. I want so much to tell you about the return of…
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Mine is the Sunlight
Our funny hippie bus driver in high school played his radio on our long rides to school. In the spring, he cranked up “morning” songs for us, such as Cat Steven’s “Morning Has…
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What We Have in the House
“We’ll use what we have in the house”, my grandmother told me when I asked about wrapping a small birthday present for my mother. A few hours later with her help, I had…
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Last Will and Testament
My mother was a booklover and never without a volume on her aproned lap when she waited for the Sunday roast to finish cooking. Books, magazines, newspapers, even pamphlets overflowed every flat surface…
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Just Before Bed
Long ago, I tripped upon a book while browsing in a bookshop on a dark wet December night. I was lucky my best babysitter was available to give me two blissful hours alone…
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Dear Void
Before work yesterday, I ran into Home Goods to buy a box of the most exquisite cream-colored candles that I’ve seen in years. As usual, I created an extra errand because when I…
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Her Ring
He came bearing three rings. And then asked which one I liked. All had diamonds but surprisingly, I was most drawn to the sculptured platinum one with two even rows of sparkle. It…