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A fine morning, I mean. The sun is up and it's another good one. I had a little melt down Easter, since grandmothers and writers-- even friends and neighbors-- are not considered essential services right now and we have to stay home. I know, that is very childish, and...

I asked Chip if we should still have ham for Easter,  since it's just us, and not the usual crowd of family and friends, and he said we could wait and see what's happening by then. "It's Sunday," I said. "This Sunday?" "Yes, last Sunday was Palm Sunday." He does not...

You can watch my reading of Take Good Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs, Chapter 3 here I read it on the same day (that's today, April 7) that I was hit by a truck while riding my bike in Haines fifteen years ago. It was hard to read, and I almost re-did it, but...

Hi all, Chapter 2 of of Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs should be here. It's also on the Videos tab on my website.  I think this is the best way to notify you, but bear with me as I figure this out. A techie I am not (but luckily I have had a lot of help...

I have just posted the first chapter of Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs on my website, you may go to the new section "videos" to watch it. (I think, it may take a bit to all line up.) I plan on reading the book, all 15 chapters, through April, so will post...

From Anne Lamott's Traveling Mercies: “Our preacher Veronica said recently that this is life's nature: that lives and hearts get broken -- those of people we love, those of people we'll never meet. She said that the world sometimes feels like the waiting room of the...