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Read more: A great figure among modernsI recently saw “End of the Day—Nightscape IV” by Louise Nevelson at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Nevelson, the plaque next to…
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Read more: A salute to Ruth BerneritoI’m wearing a wrinkle-free cotton shirt today in honor of Ruth Bernerito. Bernerito, whose death at 97 was reported recently in the Los Angeles Times,…
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Read more: Inspiration from Alice MunroAlice Munro, who recently won a 2013 Nobel Prize in literature, once was a mother with young children. She wanted to write, but she didn’t…
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Read more: Should women drive?A cleric in Saudia Arabia, where women are banned from driving, recently warned that driving hurts women’s childbearing prospects. Sheik Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan explained…
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Read more: The all-knowing, ruthless beauty godI look into my mirror. What’s wrong with my hair? Are those new wrinkles? Have I gained weight? Who’s talking? The all-knowing, ruthless beauty god,…
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Read more: What happens now?Be flexible, advises Ann Patchett in her book What Now?. Plan for the future, but keep in mind that the future may not be arranged…
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Read more: Finding wisdomWhen I was in my 20s, I thought that someday I would wake up with grownup wisdom. I would know all of the answers to…
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Read more: Life as a weavingRemember Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch woman who helped more than 800 Jews escape the Nazis during World War II? When I saw an announcement…
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Read more: It’s time for fall cleaningThe United States contains 2.3 billion square feet of self-storage space. That’s more than seven square feet for every man, woman and child in the…
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Read more: In praise of OctoberI ate corny dogs at the State Fair of Texas, the biggest and the best state fair, and recently I enjoyed a piece of my…