R Memory

Seaweed & Sea Salt

This year I lost a lifelong friend who entered my life by chance when she was 5 and…
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R Memory

Lobstering

This was our “lobster boat” in the 60s. We would row out and check the traps in front…
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R Memory

Two Pennies Overboard

A lot has changed in the six decades I have been visiting the island, but the tradition of…
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R Memory

Re-visit

For the first time in a long time, I’m returning to the beaches of my youth. It’s a…
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R Memory

May Day

Of all the places I have lived, and people I have met – no one knows what I…
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R Memory

Friends for Fatherless Children

This brought a tear to my eye and brought me back to the fourth grade. My father died…
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R Entertainment

The End of the Red Envelopes

25 years ago Netflix changed the way we watched movies. We were living 30 miles at sea without…
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R Entertainment

We’re all a little Irish in March

I was raised in New York City, where St. Patrick’s Day was a huge holiday. The parade dominated…
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R Favorites

Warm Towels

When I was a girl, one of my favorite things was the warm towels that came out after…
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R Memory

Soap of Summer

For me, this will always be the soap of summer. We kept it in a surf clam shell…
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R Dogs

Aslan

Aslan was not the first dog I loved, nor would he be the last, but he was our…
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Nature

Life is like a garden

My niece is a certified master gardener. Somehow she was able to extract seeds from my late sister’s…
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