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The Rifleman
Guns were always around our family while I was growing up. My father, having grown up in Wyoming, would go hunting rabbits [...]
Valentine’s Day in Foggytown
Valentine’s Day in Foggytown Early in our marriage my husband had an opportunity to work at the London branch of his company [...]
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
In the Midwest, the voice of a wise, sweet spider as been silenced. Charlotte's Web is a banned book. Who would have thought?
Watching Lacrosse with Dick
Watching Lacrosse with Dick I’ve written before about my friends Celia and Dick. (See Moving Day Blues and Carving Mr [...]
Tattoo You
I don’t know if I ever would’ve gotten a tattoo if my daughter hadn’t made us appointments with her [...]
Street Fighting [Wo]man
I was seventeen years old and I was ready to learn how to be a revolutionary.
The Great Jane Addams Library Flood
The Great Jane Addams Library Flood I’ve written about my years as head librarian at Jane Addams, a New York City public [...]
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