I’d like to begin with two quick vignettes if you’ll humor me: One: There is a park near my house that has a small, regularly

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It was with some sense of defeat that Saturday approached and I thought, “All I have to write about is the weather.” But weather seems

Kathleen Norris writes often about monks, monasteries, the vast plains of South Dakota, and assorted other largely unknown and misunderstood subjects. In 2008 she wrote

At my house we’ve started the Thanksgiving conversation with mashed potatoes. Next, the pies. My sister is going to a “Friendsgiving” Gathering in which she

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There was a game that my family used to play in the car sometimes, back when I was around seven or eight years old. The

I am a breakfast person. I love breakfast. A good breakfast is a good start to the day, isn’t it? I especially like to plan