Father’s Day is coming up, and in honor of the occasion, here is one of my favorite stories about my husband’s role as father: Our son was about four or five. I know it was after our daughter was born, but before she could communicate well herself. So it was in about 1986 or ’87. […]
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The roses in my front yard are blooming now, and I cut some recently to bring inside. I’m enjoying them as I proof the final draft of my novel, When Heart Shall Fail. See the stack of pages behind the vase—that’s what I have left to read through. What signs of summer do you have
On one of the spring vacations my family took, we were in a gift shop full of tchotchkes. Neither my husband nor I am fond of tchotchkes, and I was ready to move on. Nothing in the store looked interesting to me. But our children wanted to browse, to find some small mementoes to take home from
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Five years ago, my son’s dog Scully was at dog camp in Pennsylvania. (Scully lives in New York.) She’s the one on the left on hind legs. You’d never know this dog had had hip surgery. Five years later, Scully is still getting around. She hikes all over the Northeast and can go several miles
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I am very excited because my granddaughter and her parents will be visiting soon. She will be three months old when she arrives. I’ve bought a pack-n-play for her to sleep in. And a few toys. I’ll inquire as to diaper sizes and stock those. What else do I need? (I’m trying not to be
I spent a few minutes in Kauffman Gardens yesterday. I try to get there a few times every year. The groundskeepers were cleaning and resealing the fountains, so the water wasn’t running. But someone had lovingly planted pansies. It looked like more spring blooms might be around the corner. Theresa HuppTheresa is the award-winning author
Now that I am a grandmother, I have been recalling times I spent with my grandmothers. My maternal grandmother began teaching me to sew when I was quite young. I was probably still in preschool when we began my sewing lessons. My grandmother had kept an old doll of my mother’s, and when I visited,
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My friend Kathy traveled to Amsterdam recently and posted about it on Facebook. When I commented that I hoped she enjoyed the trip and that I love Amsterdam, she responded, “I brought a good book with me” . . . and posted a photo of herself holding my novel Safe Thus Far. I was honored
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I ran out of all-purpose flour this week, just as I was about to make Irish Soda Bread for an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration. So I substituted a cup of whole wheat flour in my recipe. It turned out fine, a little heartier than usual, but still tasty. I might experiment further with a
I am often out and about in Kansas City between one meeting and another with time to spare. In these down times, I try to find somewhere to sit comfortably and maybe get a little writing done. Coffee shops are fine for this, but I don’t always want to add more caffeine to my diet.
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