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Books and Apples
Timely fun stopgaps while writer writes whatever she's writing.
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Friendship Physics
How we've managed after all these years to stay together--and still don't kill each other in the kitchen--is a big mystery.
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The New Morning Reads
The Newsletters of Note corner in which you may discover a bunch of newsletters that are not on Substack's radar but deserve to be known by everyone.
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I Prefer to Be Lost
Taking the long way back home, telling myself everything good in life comes from not known where you're going.
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Summer's End
A photo essay with cocktail before the year fades
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August 2023
Took Another Road
Narrow and windy, night descending, lots of obstacles before you're where you should be.
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Silly Season Fails to Rear Its Idiotic Head
If you ask me, this is one sad headline and the Iowa State Fair isn't helping.
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The Tomatoes of My Youth
Summer's fling with a New Jersey native.
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July 2023
How Do You Describe Snow?
You hope a cup of piña colada shaved ice will explain snow to someone who's never seen it before.
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The Girl In the Red Sweater
She twirls you through the great documentary, Jazz on a Summer's Day, just like you were there with her.
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Sam Is Alive and Well and Making a Mess in My Kitchen
A relief for a bad mom who once put his life in danger but here he is now making his mom's life easier. Go figure.
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A Bad Mom's Summer Outing
You face the fact you are less than a perfect mother and wonder how your toddler survives despite you.
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