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Waiting for Christmas
For many years I have said that my mother was Christmas to me. The wonderful things she did for us during the holiday season, the way she decorated our house with abandon, the…
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Perfume Love
The quickest route to sweet yesterday is perfume. Each spring when I bury my face in fresh picked lilacs from the backyard, it is suddenly Flag Day at Hildreth Elementary School and I…
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The American Mitfords
I have been intrigued for some time by the six English Mitford sisters, the darling and energetic sisters who caused so much controversary and interest in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Sister Nancy Mitford…
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Second Mothers
I had a second mother – the mother of my first and only childhood best friend. Paula’s mother even called me “my second daughter”. I have a dear wonderful mother but my best…
