Have you noticed the spiders? The garden spiders are amazing in this season as they grow larger and larger, weaving their beautiful webs to catch the flies feasting on fallen fruit, spangled with drops of fog in the morning. Huge…
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Emotional Lives of Boys and Men
I think about the emotional lives of boys, as they grow up in this time and place, through adolescence and into men. Your little boys, right now, have no barriers to their full range of emotions. Their tears flow freely,…
Santa Claus thoughts
Last week in the grocery store I overheard two young parents discussing the Santa Claus question. Over the years I have watched many families – friends, relatives, students – and their experiences with the Santa Claus question, some of which…
In defense of dandelions
How can I not love a month when, regardless of the weather, everywhere I turn there are flowers, flowers, and more flowers, against a backdrop of green so bright it makes me dizzy? I do love it, and I love…
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