Katy Finds Freedom Is Fleeting
When I inherited a pure black Lab puppy a few years ago, I wasn’t sure if I was blessed or cursed. She was my faithful companion, whose greatest joy was to accompany me on my walks., But as she got…
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How Do You Say, ‘I Love You Dad’?
I have a favorite story about my father: the time I came home to Michigan on crutches from a sports accident, along with some badly bruised feelings from a broken relationship; and since trouble comes in threes, I had also…
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Balancing On the Wind
Balancing On the Wind After toast and eggs and talk of flying South for the spring, you see a heron rise out of the morning white fog hovering over the river. Look, you say to me at the car. That’s…
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Progress Makes a Mess of Nature
The first springlike days are visceral reminders of how important nature is to us. Feb. 22, George Washington’s Birthday, was such a day: sunny, high blue skies, 60 degrees. Walking along the South Branch of the Potomac, I could smell…
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Harry Truman’s Racism is Typical
William Leuchtenburg, president of the American Historical Association, will reveal in his new book about Harry Truman what has been known to private scholars for a long time: our former president—considered by many as one of the greats—had a streak…
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Fall Brings a Clear Perspective
Sunday October morning. The reds and yellows are already out in the West Virginia hills, mixed with the greens the way I like them best. If West Virginia is God’s country, and Sunday is God’s day, then autumn is God’s…
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