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Dad’s Seat

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Carol6 Comments

My brother and sister and I went to Uncle Fred's funeral last week and sat in my father's pew. We didn't grow up with Victorian era Church of England assigned seating. We grew up with women on the left and men on the right, everybody singing four-part a cappella harmony. You don't need a piano… Continue reading Dad’s Seat

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Here I Am

October 14, 2021October 17, 2021 Carol2 Comments

My father went to New York City in his twenties. He was the ninth and final child of a dirt-poor country butcher, the sixth child of the butcher's second wife. He'd grown up in rural Ohio, before the big roads were paved, when one side of State Route 585 was brick and the other side… Continue reading Here I Am

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The Best Gift

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Carol2 Comments

I was having lunch with my college roommate, and she reached into her bag as we prepared to split the check. She pulled out a wallet and unzipped it, and I demanded to see it at once. It was buttery brown leather, with a zipper on three sides, and room for everything. Longer than usual… Continue reading The Best Gift

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Pillows

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Carol3 Comments

My current decorating strategy, as anyone who has visited the house knows, is just to hang on until the children move out, and then start over. I don't see much point in buying nice furniture that is going to suffer various protracted indignities, and I gave up on the living room carpet long ago. But… Continue reading Pillows

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And it came to pass …

March 20, 2020 Carol3 Comments

Over the years, my mom told us this story from time to time. Often when things looked grim, but sometimes just because it made her laugh. It was one of her favorites. It was probably in the Reader's Digest, and it's almost certainly apocryphal, but I thought of it this morning as I was driving… Continue reading And it came to pass …

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