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It was the week before Christmas and what was I thinking? More than likely, another little gift or two before we headed out for the hometown wilds of my descendants. …

Who knows what cookie recipe I baked for that particular meeting. I’ll guess something with coconut. Every once in a blue moon, I’ll crave coconut. The taste is alluring because …

While growing up, I observed the lady of the house next door to be a person of distinction. She was willowy and elegant, erudite and well-dressed. Her voice smacked of …

The day after Christmas, my granddaughter Elodie and I cooked a menu of her design for the family. When tucked into bed that night, she said to her mother, “I …

  I never thought much about a son-in-law until I got one. We were deep into our small town life as usual when Ben Weprin showed. He and our daughter …

On the occasion of the solar eclipse, a fortune teller posed doubtfully in front of a disc jockey bumping Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart. As I sat on …

  What in the name of Sam Hill’s grandmama’s silver is needed by the generations to come? One insurance executive commented that “technology is developing so fast that autonomous vehicles …

  Children stampeding – Senses sharp as the crisp air – New car coats flapping – Runny noses. White bobby socks tinted tan by swirling red clay dust. Smocked dresses …

  Quite a few folks I know find comfort in paying homage at the cemetery. I once thought I would make those visits too because in a sense, the notion …

  There is a magical way to complete a trip to the free space of childhood. Such a break from grown-up land would be immersion into a small town music …