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Is your world an apple pie or a candle? Strange question, I know. Bear with me. I’ve been writing from Ohio the past two weeks while on my bi-annual “Grandma Janet Road Trip.” I landed at my younger son’s home around … Read More
“How are you?” These past few weeks when asked how I am, I’ve been struck by how easy it is to fall back on that socially acceptable, “Fine, thanks. How are you?” It’s the polite response, we say here in … Read More
Aware of my nearly daily use of the word “overwhelmed” lately, as in “I’m feeling overwhelmed,” I decided to take a look at what the word means to me: when I use it and how I get through it. Politics, … Read More
Each of us in our own way, every day, whether we plan to or not, makes a difference. How much of a difference, how much of a legacy, and how positive or negative the impact is for others to determine. … Read More
Heading towards a long overdue mammogram last week, I decided it was time to complete and TURN IN the ten-page Advance Directive that had been sitting in my OutBox for years. “Turn in” being the operative phrase here, … Read More
This is the story of how I got a new baby brother, 50 years late. Ever meet someone and immediately you know you’ve made a connection? There’s chemistry, some say. Others claim it’s finding something in common that binds you. … Read More
Today is our tenth anniversary. No, not our wedding anniversary. On that Woody and I are closing in on 18 years this October. Today, July 19, we’re celebrating ten years in our little stone house here in Vermont’s Green Mountains. … Read More
This week’s guest will be a familiar name for those who have read my book, At Home on the Kazakh Steppe. Gulzhahan Tazhitova was my counterpart while I was a Peace Corps volunteer and was instrumental in my success … Read More
We continue our series, Seeing Ourselves Through Others’ Eyes with our guest Isabelle Winkler whom I met on the Women Writers Women’s Books FB group a few months ago, when this series was taking shape. She and I have … Read More