An October visitor has lately surprised me, sipping sage in the garden as the maples and oaks…
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Swimming in rough seas, it can be hard to find the shore. You swim as hard as…
“It was a couple of springs ago. I was driving into New York City from New Jersey…
This Sunday finds me in Atlanta helping a daughter move into a new apartment. Unpacking yesterday, she…