Monthly Archives: November 2008

Lost and Found

By Susan | November 29, 2008

My father was never a sentimental person and he resorted to cash for most of his gift giving. So any piece of jewelry that he gave my mother was exceptional, not for its value or its beauty, but more because he actually went to a store and picked something out. So years ago when my [...]

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The Necklace and other metaphors for life

By Susan | November 12, 2008

 
I think my deep love of reading started in the fifth grade when my teacher welcomed us back from lunch and recess by reading to us for a half hour. Flushed from playing, hyped from carb- and sugar-loaded school lunches, I settled in my chair with an almost painful sense of expectation. Laying my overheated [...]

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Tis the season…for stress

By Susan | November 1, 2008

The holidays and winter are upon us, bringing changes, beauty, memories, as well as stress. For me, winter engages all my senses: the aroma of turkey cooking, the beauty of icicles hanging from every branch and contrasted with the blue sky after an ice storm passes, the feeling of warm slippers on cold feet, the [...]

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