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Dispatches while we're weather-bound
The holidays are long over, and spring is oh-so-far-away. Like the protagonists in "Dr. Zhivago," we're all shut inside against the cold, albeit not i......
Resolution on the table

"Oh, good! Three open tables with a view of the gardens. But please seat us where we will have the best view of the restroom doors instead. If it's a......
Happy New Decade
Has it been 10 years?
Ten years since the world gathered to usher in the year 2000 — the dawn of a new millennium to many, unless you were one o......
For mom, applause
My mother passed away 10 days ago.
After too much suffering, she finally shut down Wednesday evening, Dec. 9, and died Thursday afternoon in what we'r......
I keep doing an about-Facebook
A woman has the prerogative to change her mind.
And change it again. And again.
Back in February, I succumbed to the nudging of Facebook enthusiasts t......
All aboard! It's train time
We're swinging into the holiday season, which, to me, means one thing: trains.
Not model trains, though I still harbor that dream of having a Lionel l......
Death and the toddler
My oldest son is 3, and I don't think it stretches the bounds of parental objectivity to say that he's particularly perceptive.
He noticed early on, f......
Filling in the blanks
Cathy Millhauser. Never met her. But I'd like to.
She's a cruciverbalist.
A person who creates crossword puzzles.
She's one of many puzzle constructor......
On bad behavior
My, my, all this talk about the death of civility.
And why not, after a summer filled with examples too tiresome to mention: Mr. Wilson, Ms. Williams,......
When waitresses pour on the 'Hon'
Somewhere along the line I became "Hon."
It happened when my son and I recently went out for a Sunday-morning breakfast.
We were joking and making sma......
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