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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
June 17, 2026
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This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are
Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled
My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
My kids were born several years before the chickenpox vaccine was available. The measles/mumps/rubella vaccine
At Mass last Sunday, the second reading was from 1 John, and included 1 John
This Saturday, March 4, 2017, marks the 40th anniversary of the first date my husband
Bean soup isn’t really a summer dish, but a few weeks ago I needed something
In response to my last email newsletter, one reader wrote me about how her family
As I’ve written before, I don’t usually dress up in costume on Halloween. But one
There was a story on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show on July 16, 2013,
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
Throughout my first-grade year, I felt exposed. As I’ve written, I was a superstar
I have a love-hate relationship with dictating. I think best with a pen in my
When I was cleaning out my parents’ house last spring, I found an old doll.
I was perhaps programmed from early childhood to work for Hallmark Cards, which I did
Kansas City got hit with a snowstorm last Friday and Saturday. Friday morning I had
There is one issue that I continue to debate with my husband of almost forty
I wrote an earlier post about my son’s birth. I put his first baby picture
My father liked to cook, but my mother did not. Cooking was required of a
I didn’t set out to write a series of novels about the Oregon Trail and
Today, July 31, is Mutts Day. I saw this reference on one of the many