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On the Eighth Day of a Feminine Christmas
My favorite Little Women film was the 1994 Susan Sarandon, Winona Rider version. The first time I saw it however, I was not impressed. I thought it “raw” and felt it depicted the…
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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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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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A “Meg” Winter
Imagine my thrill after reading Little Women at age 10, to be told that the March sisters resided a mere 20 miles away in Concord, Massachusetts. But then, Orchard House was not open…
