Monthly Archives: January 2016

Essay. Rings and Ripples.

This story begins with three rings. When I was a child, my father lost his wedding ring. He looked in the car, in grocery bags, along the walk from garage to door. We looked in the house. We looked until … Continue reading

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Essay. The Fire that Tempers.

At one moment on a Saturday, I was hosting an e-mail friend from Sweden who was attending a course in our area and wanted to see the region. We drove up the coast and then came back to our house, … Continue reading

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Essay. The Swans. When the ice was a mirror, and birds my only friends.

When Joseph was in an autism preschool, I drove him to and from home because it was only 10 minutes away. On good days, I loaded the dogs in the back and strapped Joseph into his car seat. I left … Continue reading

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Essay. The Bridge.

I am in love with an old house that is near ours. It sits beside a brook that empties into the river at the bottom of the hill. The house was built in the 1780s when the United States was … Continue reading

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Essay. What Matters Most.

Jeff and I married in December because I had holiday from medical school. It was Christmas time, and the church and town were decorated for the season. After our son was born, we stopped traveling together because of Joseph’s autism … Continue reading

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