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The Sound of Music
My sister healed herself with music once. She was very sad after an unexpected miscarriage and the simple act of putting a CD player and some CD’s on her kitchen counter slowly helped…
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Fall Shoes
The mother of a friend who is 94, still wears heels. She simply won’t give them up. And why should she? As long as she isn’t prone to toppling over. It’s not hard…
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Artifacts of Remembrance
In 1993, my train home from Boston one night got stuck on the tracks for several hours. There was only one person on that train with a cell phone and she kindly let…
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A Worthy Woman
Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time…Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh Many years ago,…
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A Book’s Summer Lullaby
When I heard that Carly Simon had written a children’s book, I had to take a peek. My first impression, which was wrong, was that it wasn’t that special. At the time, I…
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Praying for an Onion
In my recent summer read, the little sister in the story prayed for an onion. Her family’s fortunes had recently been reversed and while other members prayed vigorously for a new house, this…
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Lipstick’s Day
Today is National Lipstick Day and I couldn’t let it pass without posting the marvelous picture above taken by photographer Chaloner Woods in 1955. The colors are so vivid yet so refined and…
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One Thing at a Time
I’ve been ruminating for awhile about some repairs to my home as I think more and more about retiring from my day job in a few years. So I wrote a list –…
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Blueberry Muffins
I told my man that I would make him blueberry muffins. Last year. I never made those muffins. I don’t know if it was the flour getting all over the floor, my…
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Gloria
I took great interest in the death of Gloria Vanderbilt this week. She is one of a four famous women, all born in the 1920’s that I admire. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Grace…
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The Fragrant Home
Nothing pleased me more than when my young niece opened her gift from me, inhaled deeply and proclaimed, “Auntie, it smells like your house”! I was almost as delighted when a visiting friend…
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The Allure of Compacts
I tenderly glanced at my friend when her 91 year old mother pulled a mirrored compact from her purse to touch up her lipstick after a wonderful restaurant dinner we shared. My friend…
