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A gift to both of usI wanted to help the rejected calf. He had other ideas.
My debt to women of strengthMany Southern white women were dependent. Black women often made their own way.
Ever on my way to expertiseIn so many areas of life, I鈥檝e risen from beginnership into the wide expanse of 鈥榠ntermediate.鈥�
Hope and the landscape of historyColonial America tells the story of violence yielding to peace.
Notes to my garden denizens, Part IIA few suggestions for porcupines, mice, bears 鈥� and rocks 鈥� as winter begins.
An ode to onionsThey always make me cry when I slice them. But this time I was glad I cried.
Rereading Dickens鈥檚 鈥楢 Christmas Carol鈥�I鈥檓 transported miles away from to-do lists and shopping malls.
Last-minute fruitcakeA classic recipe from the Monitor's archives is making the rounds again.
Why I talk to dogsTheir tethered humans might think I鈥檓 crazy, but I can鈥檛 help it.聽
To 'aitch' ... or not to 'haitch'?The thing is this: For as long as I can remember, the eighth letter of the alphabet has been spelled and pronounced 鈥渁itch.鈥� But now it is frequently being pronounced 鈥渉aitch.鈥�
Word by wordEvery student must navigate the transition from summary to critical thought.
Back in touch with typingNo wonder kids like it: real molecules of ink hitting real molecules of paper.
Bystander trainingAn incident on a train in Germany points to how things have changed there.
What about when he goes to college?Before my son, Tim, came along, there was Char, my black Labrador.
Why I鈥檓 not that girl in the bookI once longed to be a storybook heroine. Today I aspire to joy.聽
The amazing raceIt demands stamina, agility, quick thinking, grace 鈥� but the payoff is huge.
Wireless communication of a different sortOut of necessity, my 21st-century teen tries his hand at an antique medium.
There are birds, and then there鈥檚 NoodleMy new project is to get to know my garden鈥檚 avian regulars as individuals.
I sing in praise of putteringTo putter is to improve the things at hand the way one cannot with the world at large.
Making a MacGyver in Costa RicaThe 1980s TV action hero lives on 鈥� as a metaphor for creative adaptation.
