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Five minutes a day

The lack of a real winter this year disturbs me. I keep holding out hope that the jet stream will turn our direction and deliver an arctic blast that will last a few weeks. Time is getting short. March is just around the corner. With each day’s passage, my dream…

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The girl comes home

My daughter busted in the door this afternoon and quickly flopped down my armchair. I was working there but happened to be up making a cup of coffee when she came in. She was all a chatter about her how fat her cat is and how she is trying to…

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She’s giving it away and I like it

My wife’s a real dream when it comes to giving our money away, and she gives a lot. Through the early years of our marriage, I used to pay all the bills for the house. At the end of every month, I listed the bills on the back of an…

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Before the light comes

January delivers. The dark. The cold. I’m glad it’s here, finally. I’ve been waiting all winter for just this kind of night, when the snow blows into the cat’s eyes and makes it turn toward the door. The streetlights throw beams through the snow and all is quiet, hushed. The…

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Getting a haircut and feeling the miracle

Now that I’m back rewriting my book, I find that my most important work every day is putting a few sentences together. On Monday, Jan. 4, I started my new writing discipline. I did well the first day. Then, I got sick with a terrible cold. This is what I’d…

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