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Death is something very few of like to talk about, or even think about, but it's a fact of life, after all -- the final fact of life, you might say. What…
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The heat index may be 105, and I may always smell like a combination of SPF 50 sunscreen, Deep Woods Off, and perspiration, but there’s still something…
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Read what you want.Never apologize for your reading taste.Every book its reader; every reader her book.These are cornerstone principles of readers’…
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Our guest is Kevin Brockmeier, an imaginative and acclaimed writer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. His many books include the novels "The Illumination"…
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During our recent arctic blast, robins appeared everywhere.It seemed odd to spot a harbinger of spring in below-zero temperatures, so I looked into why I…
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Even the most cynical among us has a hard time avoiding the contagious and perpetual hope that a new calendar year brings.Understanding in our rational…
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When the world grows quiet, we learn to listen.This is the theme of the beautiful children’s book Ten Ways to Hear the Snow written by Cathy Camper and…
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Our guest is Katherine May, a writer of fiction as well as nonfiction based in the seaside community of Whitstable, England. She joins us to discuss her…
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It seems that the winter holiday season began the first week in November this year. Have you noticed this, too?In my neighborhood, it wasn’t just the…
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Let’s talk about fear.Not the existential dread that you’ve been carrying in the pit of your stomach for the last eight months, but the good kind of fear…