The dogs rule the house. Sure, we are supposed to be in charge. They are supposed to behave, do what we tell them, and disappear until we need them either for emotional support or when we want to pet soft things. That’s not the way it works. Molly McGuire and…
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Every other Monday, the cleaning people drive me out of my house. They bustle in with their plastic tool boxes that have handles of various cleaning implements sticking out of them. They drape towels and rags over their arms, and they drag their vacuum cleaner over the threshold with bumps…
Leave a CommentToday we held the last class meeting of the semester, and no one is happier about it than me. Every student gets tired after the middle of the semester. With papers to write, tests to take, and even more books to read, they come to a point where they are…
Leave a CommentFor about the last six months, I’ve neglected my son. For the first several years he lived with us (we adopted him when he was five), we did a great deal together. We hiked, took photographs, went camping and bike riding. In fact, we did some of that this summer,…
One CommentEvery year starting in late November stands a market in Trier’s town center. The otherwise wide open pedestrian zone in the center of town hosts a village of what look like gypsy wagons draped in Christmas lights. The owners sell hand-made goods: candles, Christmas ornaments, toys, and other suitable holiday presents.…
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