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Tea, Books, and Geraniums
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In Brief: 109 Years Ago Today, The 1914 Christmas Truce Brought World War I to a Humane Pause.
Humanity shone in the most unimaginable conditions.
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Simple Times Playing With My Dad
My fondest memories.
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Five Magical Pieces You Will Love This Monday
What Does Your Name Mean To You? Behind Candace's Curtain. Ode To Beer. Learn To Learn. Tending and Witnessing in Medicine.
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How I Barely Survived My First (12) Days on Substack (An Oldie But Goodie)
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An Unexpected Poem In The Night
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Tea, Books, and Geraniums
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Six Wonderful Pieces You Will Love This Weekend
Protecting Sperm Whales. Three Precious Chickens. Becoming Invisible. Our Newtonian Lives. Writing Children's Books. A Mother's Love.
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Five Pieces You Will Love on This Wanderlust-filled Wednesday (Dec. 6)
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Five Terrific Pieces You Will Love on this First Tuesday in December (5th).
A joyful artist. Simplicity fosters connection. Communing with ducks. An abecedarian. Sharing the Earth. Love, liturgy, and change. 2024 read-along of…
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Five Pieces You Will Love on this Miraculous Autumn Monday (Nov. 13)
Veterans' Rights, Bad Dates, Disappearing English Pubs, Horror Films, and Generations Walking Under Mother Pines.
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Autumn Walk (a poem)
My dog and I walk through the neighborhood.
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An Unexpected Poem In The Night
A poem. I haven’t written a poem since 1989 for school. I don’t even appreciate poetry. But this spilled out in the middle of the night. Around the…
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Five Amazing Pieces You Will Love This Friday (Oct. 27)
A Relationship with Silence. Memories of the Mormon Church. Adopting Peanut. Portraiture. Adventure to Tashkent.
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I Have No Idea What To Write About Today
I with this were a joke.
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The Night Kerri Strug Made A Nation Cry
Just stay in the air. Don’t land.
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