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My mother spent many hours in The Garden.  It was a special place behind the barn on our property in Ames, N.Y. The Garden afforded Mom a place to express herself through nature.  “The best place [...]

I plan to keep laughing. I love to laugh. Sometimes, I laugh during inappropriate moments.  I cannot control my outbursts. A tickling sensation starts deep down in my belly. It flits around and [...]

We had a storm last week at the beach. The tempest barged in during the night with gusts of wind that rattled the window screens of my second story rental. Relentless rain drops knocked on the [...]

We all wear a life sweater. During good times, our life sweater provides all ages, all races, and all religions warmth and insulation. But during this pandemic, we have noticed a tug on its [...]

Everyone has a story. You are the only one who gets to write your own story. Some bravely choose the uncomfortable nonfiction version. Warts and all. Others choose the more palatable creative [...]

Kim Kluxen Meredith will be presenting a workshop entitled The Power of Your Whispers on Wednesday September 11, 2019 at the York Pathways Center for Grief & Loss at 6:30pm. That persistent [...]

                                            Delaware loves Ocean Whispers! Bethany Beach Books, in Bethany Beach, Delaware, is now carrying Ocean Whispers. http://www.bethanybeachbooks.com Ocean [...]

Childhood I wrapped the striped baby blanket around my Betsy Wetsy doll. A dead fly’s wing hung to one corner of the fabric that brushed along The Barn floor in my motherly haste. The Barn, was [...]

April 2nd began as a regular Tuesday. In January, I added bi-week stationary rowing classes to my exercise regime. A wide water wheel provides the resistance for my thirty-minute core, quad and [...]

I am glad I have a Thanksgiving Tree. Not everyone has a Thanksgiving Tree.  And the only reason I have one is because frankly I am too lazy to take down our huge artificial Christmas tree. The [...]