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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.
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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.
You punctuation party animal, you! How I learned to love the exclamation mark.I鈥檝e long avoided exclamation points. Until dark times arrived and the lively punctuation became a signal flare in a cold, gray sea.聽
Say! I like spiced eggs and Spam! My ode to the meat I once maligned.There鈥檚 a reason certain foods become iconic. Despite its reputation, Spam found its way onto dinner tables around the world. Here鈥檚 why.
鈥楶art dystopian, part delightful.鈥� Why winter is the new beach season.A beach in high summer is predictable. But an offseason beach holds surprises, even treasure 鈥� if you鈥檙e paying attention.
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