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I want to invite you to a picnic. It will take place on a cliff overlooking an ocean so ..

I want to tell you about my friend Jackie. For a long time, she has been a steadfast colleague. ..

As kids, Danny and I used to place bets on when Ada’s hairpiece would fall off. At dinner, it ..

Editor's Note: This is continued from The Avon Lady, also published in today's online edition. This should explain why, when ..

Adapted from an earlier version of this column published in 2007 I had a tremendous advantage when I was growing up. ..

Ideas breed like bunnies, and There really are a lot From which to pick as I prepare An outline for my plot: A big ..

So there we were. Four friends: Margaret, twenty-one; her sister Justine, twenty-five; and their mother Pegeen, eternally young ..

He was a short, slight man in his mid-fifties with a pleasant face and thinning hair. His last name ..

This is one of my favorite columns, and I am re-publishing it today in honor of our veterans. Because I live ..

There are certain days when magic is as necessary as breathing and as predictable as your next blink. You ..

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