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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 ..


Interview with Shelly Reuben about her new book

EVENING SUN: Can you tell our readers what to expect? SHELLY REUBEN: Yes. Happily. On successive Fridays, ..


Another modest proposal

In 1729, forty-seven years before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, Jonathan Swift – the same Swift who ..


Picnic à la February

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


My friend Jackie

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


The Avon Lady

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


The Avon Lady, Part two

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


Knock Out Drops - Revisited

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


A crime in rhyme

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


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