It’s the strangest road sign I’ve seen yet. Jeff and I are driving on I-40 East in North Carolina, where several roads are still a mess after Hurricane Helene barreled…
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“To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be. The people they’re too exhausted to be any longer. The people they don’t…
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Is It Just Another Monday? It’s an ordinary Monday afternoon. My daughter Jenna and I are driving home after lunch with a friend. The traffic light turns red. We stop.…
Read more“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Guilt in a Box It’s night at the beach condo we’ve rented for the week. We’ve already…
Read more“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe Remember the Connections I’ve missing my quirky friend Violet. Last month marked one year since…
Read moreA few of us had scheduled a Zoom meeting with a friend to give her feedback on an article she was writing. We’d met a couple of times online already,…
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