Tag: day
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February 14, 2024
Fifty years ago, when I was home sick from school on Valentine’s Day, my mother sat by my bed and read aloud to me from Paddington At Large. She read me the whole book. We laughed together. It was the best Valentine’s Day gift. Thank you, Betty DiCamillo, for reading to me. Thank you to…
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March 26, 2020
I’ve got an old tree that I go and visit every day now. I stand and look up into this tree’s branches and think: you have been here through World War I, the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Great Depression, World War II, polio, Viet Nam. And here you still stand. Every day that I…
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February 15, 2018
I’ve been keeping track each day (in my morning notebook) of when the sun rises and sets. Each day–a little earlier with the rising, a little later with the setting. Each day–a little more light. The other morning, as I noted down the times of the rising and settings, I wrote “I wonder why I’m…
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June 1, 2017
Oh, Australia. Today is my last day. I will miss you. Reactions: 1K Comments: 33 Original Post
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April 12, 2016
Today is publication day for Raymie Nightingale. Putting a story out into the world is a terrifying and exhilarating business–kind of like putting your kid on the bus for the first day of kindergarten. You stand there and wave. You hope against hope that the world will be kind. And as the bus pulls away,…
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July 8, 2013
I had a long and glorious Fourth of July weekend. My best friend Tracey and her college-bound daughter Roxanne (who still sometimes calls me Aunt Kate) came to stay. There were boisterous gatherings. There was great food. There was laughter. There were sparklers. Some day when I am very old, I will wake up in…