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Feeling Lucky
Every year in our household, we run outside at midnight on New Year’s Eve. We shout and bang pots and pans to scare away the old year and welcome in the new one...
The Power of a Favorite Song
In my dream, I am walking through a summer meadow, hazy sunshine shimmering off deep grasses as brightly colored butterflies flutter lazily on nearby wildflowers. I pause to breathe in the sweet summer air...
The Need for Rest
My son got married last weekend. It was a beautiful fall day. The air was balmy with the scent of false summer. The cloudless sky shone a lustrous shade of blue. And the trees displayed all their brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow...
Take Time for Poetry
As an elementary student, I disliked studying poetry. The teacher would hand out mimeographed copies of a poem, and we all sniffed the paper, more interested in the smell of the ink and the warmth of the paper fresh out of the machine than we were in the words that were written on it...
Coming Home
In these early days of September, it is difficult to let go of summer. The days are still hot and dry. The sun still sets late in the evening. And memories of idyllic vacations are still fresh in our minds...
Saying Goodbye to Summer
My dad loves to tell the story about my first day of kindergarten. He can vividly remember my pink dress and white, lace-edged socks, and he can describe in detail how he watched from the front door as my brothers and I walked away toward school, the boys marching ahead confidently…