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There’s magic in a summer night.
Hearing Mom say, “Five minutes, now, I mean it!” And knowing she doesn’t mean it.
Staying up a little late every night, the whole family, the whole neighborhood, our whole world. Feeling like we’re all getting away with something, ...
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Up in the Air
You guessed it! I’m headed on vacation after a whirlwind speaking/hanging-out-with-oldest-and-dearest-friends trip.
Airports always bring out the philosopher in me. I guess it’s because they throw together such a random assortment of people—a sea of humanity from every imaginable culture, all ...
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The Butterfly on the…Ummm…
My dad’s face was redder than usual, the way it always gets when he is laughing to himself. “Look at that,” he sputtered, pointing across my yard.
Dad and I were relaxing on my back porch, on the kind of glorious, angels-singing-in-the-heavens spring day when it is a crime to stay indoors. He ...
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Peace, Love, and Starbucks
Peace, Love, and Starbucks... or perhaps I should call this my Ode to Starbucks...
This is so random. I’m sitting in my favorite Starbucks—I like to think of it as MY Starbucks—and seriously, these two women just walked in, all jaunty and happy. One of them loudly announced, “Hello, Starbucks ...
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