The Image is from Inside

Frosty Winter Morning. Photo by Bob Coller.   My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Four  My friend’s photo made me shiver, though I sat snug, this February, in my Southern California home. The bare trees pleading, the empty tables honed with frost, […]


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The Image is from Inside

Frosty Winter Morning. Photo by Bob Coller.   My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Four  My friend’s photo made me shiver, though I sat snug, this February, in my Southern California home. The bare trees pleading, the empty tables honed with frost, […]


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A Cherry Pie Birthday

Cherry Pie.  A Sister CelebrationOne week ago my sister Elaine celebrated her birthday; it comes exactly one week after mine. When we were children, our parents made it a point to mark each occasion separately (except for the year we each chose one special friend and went to Knott’s Berry Farm). As adults, though, when […]


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A Cherry Pie Birthday

Cherry Pie.  A Sister CelebrationOne week ago my sister Elaine celebrated her birthday; it comes exactly one week after mine. When we were children, our parents made it a point to mark each occasion separately (except for the year we each chose one special friend and went to Knott’s Berry Farm). As adults, though, when […]


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On Figuring out Where to Look for Stuff

Old and Chipped. A Brand New MugI am a maladroit shopper. I don’t experience the thrill of the hunt; cunning store displays don’t woo me. So I wasn’t surprised when I had trouble finding a suitable replacement for my big blue-and-white sailboat coffee mug, the one I use at work. I looked and looked, but […]


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