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鈥楾he beach is my teacher.鈥� How an unexpected encounter changed my view of beauty.An unexpected encounter on a Florida beach opened my eyes to societal definitions, and misconceptions, of beauty.聽
In Greece, I learned to taste my way through love and life. Opa!In one magical, midnight phyllo-making session on the island of Corfu in Greece, I learned that all I kneaded was love.
Home tweet home: How I turned my boring backyard into a bustling wildlife sanctuaryTwig by tiny twig, a blossoming birder tackles her 鈥渇ixer-upper鈥� property and transforms it into a 鈥渢iny state park鈥� buzzing with wildlife.
Summertime, and the memories come easy: 5 writers savor sunny timesHere comes the ice cream truck! As a handful of writers sharing simple childhood memories can attest, summertime is a season steeped in nostalgia.聽
A July Fourth reflection: The flag 鈥榝lies for all of us鈥�My grandfather and I sharply disagreed on politics. But what undergirded our debates was a deep love for our nation and a desire to see it flourish.聽
In troubling times, I found my untroubled waters in Walden PondWhen the divisive, sometimes bitter tenor of politics threatens to overwhem, our writer finds shelter from the storm in nature.
How I brought harmony 鈥淏ach鈥� to my frazzled family morningsTo lull my kids in the car on hectic days, I crank up the real classics 鈥� think Bach, Chopin, and Mozart.聽
Have books, will travel: Confessions of a globetrotting bibliophileAfter a lifetime on the road, my books finally got the storybook ending they deserved 鈥� and so did I.聽
Why garden catalogs supercharge my mornings with charm and cheerWhen the world seems bleak, I peruse gardening flyers and marketing emails聽and fantasize about fields of daffodils.
School of Dad: This Father鈥檚 Day, 6 writers treasure lessons they鈥檝e learnedThis Father鈥檚 Day, 6 writers honor their dads and the lessons they passed down 鈥� often by simply living their values.
He shoots! He scores! The wins, and losses, of fatherhood.When my son called foul on me, I took a timeout.聽I rebounded in time to witness his victory.
Come fly with me! Making paper airplanes with my grandkid sets my heart soaring.During a treasured afternoon with his granddaughter, our writer appreciates a central truth: The most important things in life aren鈥檛 things at all.
Mother鈥檚 Day memories: 5 writers remember tender moments with MomMothers and mother figures play a deeply foundational role in our lives. This Mother鈥檚 Day, five writers honor the women who shaped them.
The peculiar dish that takes me back to childhood? Fried bologna.For our writer, retro classics like Wonder bread, cold hot dogs, stovetop pudding, and ham sandwiches hearken back to his youth.聽
I ran from the law 鈥撀爐o run a rural farm in VermontThe work is grueling, and animals can get ornery. But leaving the law for a farming life in Vermont has enriched our life in ways untold.
Spring verse offers a poetic refuge in tempestuous timesFive writers offer a collection of poetry to welcome spring and, with it, light and hope during uncertain times.
Lessons from the suburbs: Good garden shears make good neighborsI loved the privacy of my green fortress. Until we hacked the hedge and opened up our world.
Richard Blanco turned from civil engineer to poet. Now he builds with words.For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose 鈥淥ne Today鈥� poem was read at Barack Obama鈥檚 second inauguration.
My mother鈥檚 jam, glistening like jewels, is gone. But I鈥檝e preserved sweet memories.As he longingly remembers his mother鈥檚 homemade fig preserves, a Cajun-country transplant in New York preserves sweet memories from his childhood.
After 2 decades of parenting, I鈥檝e learned the days 鈥� and years 鈥� are shortAs he cycles through the joys, heartaches, and phases of parenting, a dad of three girls learns to savor all of the seasons of fatherhood.
