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This One’s For You
I write because Suzy Underwood put out a plea to my college class listserv for stories about interviews, and I thought I had [...]
Doing My Civic Duty
Doing My Civic Duty I’ve been called for jury service four or five times over the years, and once was even appointed [...]
Love, baseball, and literature in a time of cancer
Jacob and I had our baseball mitts with us. During my recovery, after I moved into the Family Lodge with them, we played [...]
Selling a House in a Pandemic
The process of preparing our house to go on the market felt like peeling an onion – layer by layer, my life there disappeared.
The Milk Bottle
I was born on my father's 42nd birthday. He always said that I was the best birthday present he ever got.
Drifting Away
I don’t really believe in “ex” friends. There is an ebb and flow to friendships, but once established, they [...]
Smash-Up
Smash-Up I must confess I’m not the best of drivers. (See Life is a Highway, Fender Bender, and Rainy Night on the [...]
Temptation – My Battle to Resist Desserts
My mother loved to bake, a trait I inherited. The only way to avoid sweet treats and baked breads at home is to deny myself [...]
School Lunch
Long before tv show caricatures, the Lunch Lady was an institution at our elementary school.
Spaghetti Racing
My dad, with his finger forever off the pulse of the times. But the chaos of the late 1960s and early 1970s showed up in our [...]
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