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  • Letters of Love: A Special Gift for Valentine’s Day

    Letters of Love: A Special Gift for Valentine’s Day1

    I received my first Valentine’s Day card just two weeks before my second birthday. My mother kept a scrapbook account of my childhood and youth. Today, the pages fall apart at a finger’s touch, but my birth certificate, school report cards, memoranda of various achievements and events, and cards sent to me in celebration of

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  • Letter to a Worried Grandma

    Letter to a Worried Grandma0

    A grandma wrote to say she’d seen her daughter cutting up her granddaughters’ meat at dinner—and the kids are in middle and high school. Their mom also chooses their clothes. The kids get straight A’s, but the grandma worries that they are being coddled into becoming imbeciles. My response: Grannie—I am sorry to say that

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  • Letter from the Trump Rally: Some Observations and Suspicions

    Letter from the Trump Rally: Some Observations and Suspicions0

    I left the house at 5:00 a.m. on Jan. 6 along with my daughter and two of her teenage children. We hit the road for D.C., joining up with a few other families on our way. When we arrived near the rally point, the vast lawn below the Washington Monument was already filling with participants.

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  • Let’s Stop Blaming Law-Abiding Gun Owners

    Let’s Stop Blaming Law-Abiding Gun Owners0

    In the corner of the room near my desk are two .22-caliber rifles, a 20-gauge shotgun, and a BB gun. The single shot .22 was my father’s when he was a boy, the six shot .22 was the gift of a friend, and the shotgun was given me as a teenager and hasn’t had the

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  • Let’s Sing “Edelweiss”

    Let’s Sing “Edelweiss”13

    Dad wore his heart on his sleeve sometimes. A born-again Christian and father of 12, he had size 13½ feet that were good for booting his eight sons into line. Dad was a hard disciplinarian, so seeing him cry surprised me, but he could get misty hearing a sermon at church or watching The Sound

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  • Let’s Make Summer Great Again

    Let’s Make Summer Great Again0

    Summertime. Now there’s a word and a season with some magic. For most adults, summer brings homegrown fruits and vegetables, vacations, and a slower pace of life. For me, summer bestows the special pleasure of drinking coffee early in the morning on my front porch before the day heats up, enjoying the chorus of songbirds

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