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- Pie transports me
When the package arrived in Saudi Arabia, it sent me home.
- Kandinsky spoke 'language of color'
Russian-born artist Wassily Kandinsky changed the course of modern art forever.
- Babushka's gift
She was happy to be useful, with little time for unkind thoughts.
- A bus-stop tennis clinic
We were stuck in rural Panama. Then kids began throwing rocks at us.
- Call of the wild: Feed me!
Cute animals brought out a maternal instinct. But then her project grew.
- Put your orchids on ice
They're not as fragile as you think. and here's how to help them thrive.
- A witness in Galilee
The author hikes the 'Jesus Trail' and finds insight and resolve.
- Why ur txt msg isn't that gr8
I long for the audio in communication.
- Grand Central and our station in life
The centennial of New York's famed temple of transport provides an occasion to consider the distinction between 'terminal' and 'station.'
- Dogged bovines
As dusk approaches, they gather at the fence and stare inside the cabin.
- In search of 'swag'
To me, it meant stolen goods; but what did it mean to my teen son?
- Feathered affection
A city girl discovers the gift of chickens.
- Two sisters, two wildernesses
For one, the charm is in the microscopic; the other scans for bears.
- Lessons in human dignity
A teacher at a last-chance school witnesses the struggle to forgive and to ask forgiveness.
- The treasure of a pirate tale
Across a sea of letters sailed a pirate ship, launching a first-grader into literacy.
- Bookmarked moments
Spots saved in cookbooks with handy slips of paper recall life's journey.
- Give me an old-fashioned word
Not ones so disused they sound pretentious, but sturdy words with lots of life in them still.
- What's in that name?
New parents weigh 'unique' vs. 'odd,' 'earnest' vs. 'precious,' 'bold' vs. 'bully bait.'
- Dad, the anti-hippie hippie
I thought I was the green-living expert, till my father's Yankeeisms opened my eyes.
- The most important thing
She was poor, from a complicated family. She needed A Certificate in order to keep going.