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Ode to Re-Gifting

I have this pair of mittens (Well, in actual fact, it’s four) That I’ve received as gifts so far And soon, I’ll get ..


The Poppy and the Kiss

It was the first Memorial Day parade that I’d gone to since my husband died. He, Warren, had been a soldier ..


Who Knew?

I have two secret vices, and I love to be caught out on both. The first concerns driving. When I am ..


Idle Musings about Simple Genius

So imagine yourself with a sloped forehead, a hairy body, and stubby toes. You are sitting outside a cave in ..


Tilting at Windmills: Mouse in the House ... Eek!!!

I once was calm and elegant, A credit to my sex. With nothing to disturb my poise … To bother or perplex. I baked; ..


Red Lipstick and Cufflinks: Mac Conner at the Delaware Art Museum

I just meandered through an exhibition of Mac Conner’s paintings at the Delaware Art Museum, and I am joyfully agog. Most ..


My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree - Chapter 10: Interrupted Interment

We watched as Jarvis Larchmont strode toward Meg, who was digging in the dirt. Although none of us liked him, we ..


My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree - Chapter 8

Meg’s parents despaired at their daughter’s despair. Even Meg’s father Arthur, who had liked dogs more than birds until ..


My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree

My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree By Shelly Reuben Chapter 6 – Ethan’s Best Friend Now I have to ..


My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree Chapter 1 - Young Samuel Swerling

Trees get to know a lot of people. The longer we live, the more people we know. And the ..


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