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Read more: Words can be abusive, too“He practically trailed me around the house from morning until night, calling out my shortcomings,” the author writes. “He had developed an obsession with knobs…
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Read more: September—Osage CountyWhen I heard the woman crying in the bathroom stall next to me, I remembered what I had read in one review of “August—Osage County.”…
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Read more: Are your ducks in the water?Too many of us spend too much time thinking about how we are going to get our ducks in a row, says Jane Pauley, author…
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Read more: Change comes slowlyI was the eager beaver at the beginning of January, ready to stick to my resolutions and make big changes this year. Beryl Markham, in…
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Read more: Persist and press onIf you made resolutions and you haven’t kept them, be resolute. Persist and press on! That’s advice from William Falk, editor-in-chief of The Week, writing…
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Read more: Everything is going to be amazingI’m feeling the holidays-are-over, I’m-having-a-difficult-time-sticking-to-my-resolutions blues. However, I did find a bit of inspiration when I was shopping for greeting cards at Barnes & Nobles.…
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Read more: Work and hopeI love the book West with the Night by Beryl Markham, who wrote about her experiences as an airplane pilot in Africa during the 1930s.…
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Read more: Patience, pleaseMy son, Jay, graduated and received his M.B.A. from the University of Tulsa on December 20. He already had had a number of job interviews,…
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Read more: Why do we keep running?Claudia, Faith’s daughter in the book Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale by Ann Rutledge, has been running for years from her parents, from her…
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Read more: The best things in the worldHere’s a good quote, one I’ve encountered before, one worth remembering and repeating, from a card from my good friend Barbara. “The best and most…