Mother’s day confession: I only have three stickers on my SUV…and I may be okay with that

So, when are you going to have the next one?” said my friend Dan yesterday, a half peeled banana in one hand. I was standing with some friends outside of a school playground—none of us quite yet ready to face the buckles and straps waiting in our cars. Two held jiggling infants in their arms while […]

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Things that inspire me to write #35: My Gramps

Tis the holiday season, a time all about being with family—in addition of course to the over eating and overspending parts. Not surprisingly, after spending the last couple of days with my partner’s grand folks, I found myself thinking about my own, long deceased ancestors. Particularly my grandfather, Philip Amsden. I didn’t know very well […]

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