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First snow.

We were expecting to wake to white, but it rained all night. Shortly after the kids were settled with their cups of juice this morning, snow started falling. It didn’t last long. The lawn looked sugared when the snow switched back to mundane rain. Everyone was disappointed, until the boxes and bags were […]

Good eats

Here are two recipes that have been requested.

The first is for my mother-in-law’s potato salad. I wrote about it here and here.

Mother’s Potato Salad

2.5 pounds potatoes 3 eggs 1 cup diced pickles 1/8 -1/4 cup diced onion 1/8 cup finely diced celery (extremely optional) 1 cup mayonaisse 1 tablespoon mustard […]

The tender hours

I wrote the following essay in April of 1999. Several months later I submitted it to a contest sponsored by MOPS, but it wasn’t chosen. This essay has always been one of my favorites.

The tender hours of the morning, young as my new son nursing, are not lonely hours. My home is quiet. […]