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Things Treasured, Things Loved
Posted on June 19, 2026 Leave a Comment
“To love abundantly is to live life abundantly , and to love forever is to live forever.” Henry DRUMMOND On the way to teach my genealogy class this morning an interview of the poet, Kevin YOUNG, is playing on NPR. The host asks YOUNG: ” Do you feel the dead are around you? Do you […]
They Came to America: The Immigrant Experience
Posted on November 22, 2025 7 Comments
The loved ones we call the dead, depart from us and for a while are absent. And then as if called back by our love, they come near us again. They enter our dreams.We feel they have been near us when we have not thought of them.They are simply here, simply waiting while we are […]
Heirlooms Gone, but not Forgotten
Posted on February 13, 2022 8 Comments
We keep some things so close, that even though we do not own them, they are never far away. The things that are indelible. The things that in a millisecond transport you back to the beginnings of our time, upon this earth. Their texture, fragrance, as close to you now as they were then, a […]
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