Tag: family
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September 2, 2020
I was out walking late afternoon last week and passed a family on their front porch—a mother, two children, one big dog. The dog was stretched out on the porch floor in front of the kids, who were both on the porch swing. They weren’t swinging, though. They were each reading a book. They were…
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June 12, 2018
I recently did several book signings in New York. On at least four different occasions, someone uttered a variation on these astonishing words to me: We read these stories together; you are a part of our family. Each time, I was so taken aback that I didn’t manage to respond in a meaningful way. Here…
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November 21, 2013
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? I have no idea. But they have been following me around for twenty years now. I found this photograph in an antique store when I first moved to Minneapolis, and I have displayed it in every apartment and house that I have lived in since. I love and know the faces…