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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…

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