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Read more: The sounds of the loonsAt night, when I pulled the covers around me to keep warm in our cabin in Maine, I heard the sad, loud sounds of the…
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Read more: Finding and giving kindnessBoris says: “None of us ever finds enough kindness in the world, do we?” And, Theo finally realizes: “It didn’t occur to me then, though…
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Read more: Pure good or pure bad?I just finished reading all 771 pages of Donna Tartt’s book The Goldfinch, and I’ve been thinking about something Boris said: “Maybe this is one…
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Read more: Be kind. Have fun.We exited Interstate 20 and drove to Tyler, Texas, with a specific destination in mind—Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q. However, we weren’t the only ones who…
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Read more: Adventures at the laundromatThe repairman predicted that my washing machine would get louder and louder and would start leaking. He assured me that it wasn’t worth repairing. He…
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Read more: Just for funI had a splendid evening watching the Junior Players, a group of talented high school students who work all summer to perfect their lines, perform…
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Read more: Spend some time outdoorsGirls who spend more time outdoors are better problem solvers, and they are more ready to seek challenges. Plus, they’re more interested in environmental stewardship.…
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Read more: The soft war on womenGender discrimination, conclude Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers, has gone underground, where it is more subtle, harder to spot and often more dangerous than the…
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Read more: Don’t take it personallyWhen I was confiding to my sister-in-law Jeany about something a friend did that hurt my feelings, she reminded me of something very important. “Don’t…
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Read more: A woman inventor in 1715Sybilla Masters invented a power-driven method for grinding corn in 1715. According to Catherine Thimmeah in Girls Think of Everything—Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women,…