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People First by Rachel Lawson

Today I’m sharing something a little different. Rachel wrote this today, and after she read it to me, I asked if she would mind if I shared it here. …

More Train Days

It’s Monday again, August 31, the very last day of August. It’s just after six in the morning, and I’m sitting on the deck in my pajamas, my burgundy…

Joy and Sorrow on the Same Scale

A while ago, before Rachel started chemotherapy and before Hyfield belonged to us, I wrote something I never published. I called it Joy and Sorrow on…

Coffee, Locusts & Mental Real Estate

I’m sitting on the deck this morning with coffee, a candle and my phone propped up on its little stand because apparently this is who I am now. I hear…

Daybook

Monday, August 17, 2026 I am trying to get these pages done before people start waking up and coming downstairs. Once that happens, there are conversa…

Daybook: August Is Already Turning

Monday, August 10, 2026 There are only a few clouds in the sky this morning, but the ones that are there are interesting enough to make me stop and lo…

A Cool Morning and a Long Exhale

This morning I'm sitting on the deck in my pajamas with a pink zip-up sweatshirt wrapped around me. On the first day of August. I can hardly believ…

Preparing the Nest

This morning feels different. The air is cooler than it has been in days, and for the first time in a while the forecast hints that summer may loosen …

The Ordinary Days

Lately I've been thinking differently about why I write. For a long time I thought I was simply recording memories. Now I wonder if I'm preser…

Walking Beside Her

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to love someone well. Before all of this began, I probably would have answered that question d…

Learning to Live Two Stories at Once

Life Just Keeps Being Life It's funny how quickly life can change, and at the same time...not really change all that much. When I wrote my last Day…

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