Dear Avid Reader, I know it exists. LOVE. It is in the little things. It passes like time. Last year in the month of February, I rode the ALL ABOARD THE Valen-TRAIN! from my village to the city. On each seat was placed, in a precise manner, a Valentine with a cartoon image of aContinue reading “Le Temps Passe”
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For the Love of Reading Books
Dear Avid Reader, A section of The Birch Chronicle that delights me repeatedly is Diane’s Book Reviews. This offering is important to me because I believe reading is one of the best activities we can inhabit for our own well-being as well as the well-being of humanity. It can also be one of the hardestContinue reading “For the Love of Reading Books”
Etched in Her Heart
Dear Avid Reader, Sun’s up in Chi-Town. As this gemstone swings between a mild heat wave and arctic temperatures that only scare away the thin-blooded, everything is in flow and this flow is everything. The sky is as blue as the depths of Lake Michigan that are visible in front of a ghostly curtain ofContinue reading “Etched in Her Heart”
Tucked In
So that she wouldn’t be alone and the women who helped me care for her during her decline with Alzheimer’s could prepare for and enjoy the holiday with their loved ones, I brought my mother to my home for the extended Thanksgiving weekend. For several long and temporary nights, and because it was the closestContinue reading “Tucked In”
Kaffeeklatsch
Dear Avid Reader, I invite you to pause whatever you are doing, pour yourself a coffee, tea or water (do you prefer naturale or frizzante?) and pull up a comfortable seat to Kaffeeklatsch. For over a year, I’ve tiptoed around my nameless blog in The Birch Chronicle while not posting as consistently as I didContinue reading “Kaffeeklatsch”
The Book Box
In December, when I read that my local library was offering a book box program in 2024, I signed up right away. I was intrigued by the idea that each month, the librarian would create a personalized box for fifty people maximum filled with a few books and a treat or two and place themContinue reading “The Book Box”
Under It All
Dear Reader and Friend, For the joy of it, I entered a writing contest. But not just any writing contest. It was a humor writing contest. And I don’t write humor. Or I don’t think I do.Yet. I am tired of writing about grief. And caregiving for my mother with Alzheimer’s. And my mother inContinue reading “Under It All”
For the Joy of It
Dear Reader and Friend, I left you last time with a wish for moments of laughter and hours of peace. Despite the chaos of the greater world, I hope both reached you in some little way. Unexpectedly, I laughed at myself for a full day while writing an essay to submit to a contest forContinue reading “For the Joy of It”
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