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Change
My mother-in-law Nancy planted the orchard in 1982, and she has tended to it for all these years, slowing down only recently. (She is, after all, ninety-three years old; that’s her above in the 1990s.) This year, heat and drought … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Ranch Life
Tagged change, healing, memoir, postsurgery, ranch life, recovery
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Life Goes On
This is the road I walk along nearly every morning. Sometimes I walk in a mindful way, trying to notice everything around me, and sometimes I listen to podcasts or let my thoughts wander where they will. Letting thoughts wander … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged dreams, healing, Los Angeles, memoir, poetry, postsurgery, recovery, walks, Wisława Szymborska
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Biography
When I was a child, I had trouble choosing books…and it occurs to me I still do. I think then, as now, it was because I felt overwhelmed by the wide array of possibilities. There were just too many titles … Continue reading
Still Possible
The picture above was taken at the end of December, 1981. I love the little paper sign: “Make sure the storm door is SHUT.” It’s a mildly chiding reminder, the upper case letters conveying the exasperation of someone who has … Continue reading
In The Details
I didn’t always know what street I was on, but I noticed stones and glitter embedded in the concrete, and sidewalk cracks to be avoided, and the chalky numbers of hopscotch games. I remember the glow of neon lights reflected … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged acts of kindness, brooklyn, childhood memories, Christmas, details, memoir, remembering
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There Was No Map
He was my brother, and the country of childhood was a tangled one, fraught with discord and shadowed by mystery. Dangers loomed, whether real or imagined, and tranquil moments could not entirely be trusted, for they were as delicate as … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Memoir
Tagged childhood, childhood memories, family, family history, loss, memoir, my brother Eddie
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Alignment
It was a last-minute invitation, and I said yes. My friend Linette and her sister Luanne were driving up to Oregon to see the total eclipse. There would be one overnight stop in Gilroy, where Linette’s sister-in-law lives, onward to … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Travel
Tagged friends, memoir, Oregon, road trip, solar eclipse, summer, total eclipse
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FOMO Alert
Many years ago, while on the road to Chicago from Michigan’s upper peninsula, I looked up into the sky and glimpsed a rippling curtain of pale pinkish light, and it was the Aurora Borealis. It is therefore technically correct to … Continue reading →