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Math Whiz
School started in late August and it's now the second week in September. Everyone knows where to put their stuff , how to shelve the...
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Heat Wave
She stood in front of the white board teaching a lesson on homophones, her third and fourth graders ranged in a circle on the floor. It...
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Prudence and Paranoia
Abandoning my computer and writer's studio in the late afternoon, I set out to explore a section of the local walking path. Map in hand,...
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The Neighbor
It was a late summer day and my young dog and I had ventured well beyond our ten acres and onto a neighbor's land atop the long hill on...
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One Meatball
Before meeting my mother-in-law, the former Louise Ciliberti, I thought I knew something about spaghetti and meatballs. After my first...
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Lunch at the Coop
Leaving the coop this morning with my two bags of groceries totaling nearly seventy dollars, I stop to watch a beaver. Yes, a real...
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