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Read more: Women are people, tooSomeone asked Fredrik Backman, the Swedish author of The Winners, how he does such a good job creating women characters. “I write with the assumption…
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Read more: Love is a good thingMany years ago, John Steinbeck wrote a letter to his 14-year-old son, who had fallen in love, reported The Dallas Morning News on October 6,…
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Read more: We’re traveling!We have three trips planned in October. They aren’t trips to Europe or adventures on a cruise, but we are escaping Dallas—which we haven’t done…
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Read more: Friends are ribbonsI just made a new friend. I can’t think of anything better than making a new friend—except maybe a visit with an old friend. “Friends…
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Read more: A second springWe have been in a cabin on a hill in Eureka Springs. We have searched for fall leaves—and we have found a few orange and…
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Read more: Gossip!?Sometimes, when you talk about people, it’s gossip. Sometimes, it’s not gossip, says author Elizabeth Strout. “I have never found anything in this world as…
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Read more: Be kind and considerateWhy do people act the way they do? Sometimes the way people act seems complex and confusing. “You have no idea what has happened to…
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Read more: ListenElizabeth Strout, one of my favorite authors, reports that she never took a literature course and she never took a psychology course. Instead, she listens…
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Read more: Start over againEveryone is supposed to make resolutions in January. My friend Fayteen and I used to promote spring as the best season to make new goals.…
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Read more: Happy autumn!Yesterday, I found a leaf in my neighbor’s yard. She is gone for a few days; so, I stole it. It’s the first leaf of…