Friendship: From Oysters to Osprey

When my best friend from Annapolis moved to Vermont to be near her sister and start a new life, I understood. Hadn’t I done just the same thing five years before when I transplanted myself from California to Maryland to be closer to Joy? I watched as Lucie packed up her shelves of books, her…

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The Nature of Love

This has been a month of sadness for me. My best friend has moved to a new home several states away. Though I know we will continue to talk on the phone and to text or email, it will not be the same as hiking together with my dog, or having supper or a glass…

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There Will Always Be Books

I am in my writing room, procrastinating, having deserted my computer. It is three o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon and I am supposed to be working on my new memoir. Then a thought occurs to me and I break away, freed from distraction.  What was I doing there, cozied up on the couch? Reading. Being Mortal:…

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