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January 13, 2022
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October 21, 2024
Good morning! It’s Monday, and oh my goodness do I have a story for you. Over the weekend, we walked along our paths through the woods and out to the…
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January 20, 2025
Good morning. It’s Monday, and today is a federal holiday and day of service in the U.S., in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. I…
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March 5, 2025
Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Whenever I need words of wisdom or a really good hug, I head down the field and into the woods leading to the wetlands…
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March 15, 2020
Good morning! We’ve made it to Sunday. Our reward is a poem from Wendell Berry, the beloved poet-philosopher from Kentucky.
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October 30, 2023
Good morning!
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January 18, 2025
Good morning! It’s Saturday. The plane landed and the passport was stamped and the suitcases retrieved. The car went zoom, the downstairs keypad went…
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January 23, 2025
Good morning! It’s Thursday, and there she is—meticulously restored by an international squadron of passionate and skilled artisans and reopened to the…
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May 20, 2024
Good morning!
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May 20, 2025
Good morning! It’s Tuesday. It was on this day, umpteen years ago, that my mother grabbed her belly and exclaimed, “Oh my goodness, I think it’s time…
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September 7, 2024
Good morning! It’s Saturday. And in just a few hours, my niece will walk down this path toward her beloved, and in front of dozens of dearest friends…
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February 5, 2025
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, and we’re standing in what is considered the oldest church in Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. She was fated to play the…
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