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 I saw a post on Instagram today, written by a daughter about her mother. She often heard people talking about how mothers love their childr...

  Hear the call of ancient trees, breathing for us, ssssssssss and whoooooo. Aren't they alive in us and for us? We drink their air and ...

 Today, as I was searching for something new to watch, I stumbled on the I Love Lucy show. Our family didn't watch this show. Mother wa...

 We've known each other for FIFTY YEARS. Sometimes we're on. Sometimes we're off. He married someone else. Then I married someon...

 What if you were handed a timeline of your life at the very beginning? You knew exactly who the angels would be and who the demons would be...

My parents divorced when I was eight years old. Neither one of them ever said an unkind word about the other. After I reached college, my mo...

The brown-skinned girl upstairs has a heavy footfall. I hear her bang-bang-bang-bang-bang across the ceiling. Always a count of five, she sc...

In looked so nice when I was out. Out looks better now, though. I am dog. Now out, looking in. Plaintive expression. Do I smell bacon? I am ...

 Here is the history of my homes: 1958-1959 Durham, NC 1959-1964 Nishinomiya, Japan 1964-1968 Wellesley, MA 1968-1973 Gainesville, GA 1973-1...

When my Fitbit died, I stopped walking, which wasn't a smart decision. Yesterday, my new Fitbit arrived. I got it charged and put it on....