The men’s semifinals at Wimbledon played out this afternoon. I was on my way to a friend’s house for coffee. When I arrived I asked if she and her husband had watched the match. And they said it had just

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The Fourth of July long weekend is over, but I am still in vacation mode. I’m not sure why.

I didn’t cook brats for a ton of family members. I didn’t struggle with leaving the fireworks display in downtown St.

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When I said I was going to “Hamilton,” a friend loaned me her CDs and the accompanying libretto. I listened to the songs and followed along with the words attentively. I’m glad I did, as it enhanced my understanding of

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Or is it Fathers’ Day?

I’ve never paid much attention, since I didn’t meet my own father until I was forty-eight. And we never really acknowledged what I call this Hallmark holiday.

Still, a conversation with my son this evening

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Anyone who knows me well knows I assumed I would not reach my seventy-fifth birthday, because I never wanted to court loneliness and health issues alone. My husband is nine years older. Should he pass away before me, there are

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