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Month: August 2019

Posted onAugust 28, 2019

The Wormhole of Time

I have almost finished The Time-Traveler’s Wife. It won’t have been my favorite book, rising up to The Art of Racing in the Rain(up for my all-time…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Surfacing through Dreams

Dreams about my father and brother last night. I don’t really want to write about them. There was too much anger involved. In my dreams,…

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Posted onAugust 11, 2019August 11, 2019

A Candle for Sarah

This will never be my favorite day of the year, the anniversary of Sarah’s death eight years ago. I still push that day from my…

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Posted onAugust 11, 2019August 12, 2019

The Companionship Itch

This business about being alone is odd. It takes some getting used to, particularly if you have been, as I was, well married and generally…

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Posted onAugust 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Where the Crawdads Sing–DON’T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK!

Delia Owens is not a novelist. She is a naturalist. I think she made a few bloopers, but on the whole, this is a lovely…

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