Her home; it just happened to be where she lived. This was the House that Jack Built, she thought, hearing the singsong rhythm of the old children’s story in her head. And this was the wife who lived...
Her questions shooting at him like a barrage of machine-gun fire. He thought he did okay, because he was prepared. He had spent weeks reading and researching and studying, all the while waiting for th...
She leaped down the porch steps to her car. There was no thought. No planning. Just action. When you get a call that your kid is in the ER, there can be no room for thinking. Just the deepest fear ima...
Understanding. The day she and Rand had broken up, her father had spoken with surprising insight: There’s a kind of love that has the power to save you, to get you through life. It’s like breathing. Y...
Watched as the earth mother turned into a corporate dominatrix, chewing out the legal counsel
We can move past our history, but we can never truly erase it.
Your smile is my sunshine.
3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon table salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon bananas (about 3) 2 cups diced overripe bananas 3 beaten eggs 1 cup chopped toasted pecans 1 cup veget...
A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. —Henry David Thoreau Walden, The Ponds
Aw, Gran. Annie had been fighting tears from the moment she’d boarded the train from New York. Please don’t leave me. I won’t, she said with a gentle smile. Keep me in your heart, and you’ll always kn...
Cream Cheese Icing 1 package cream cheese, softened 1/ 2 cup pure unsalted butter, softened 1 box powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Chopped pecans and coconut Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add butte...
Difficulty is a miracle in its first stage. —Amish proverb
For the bee, honey is the ultimate reality. It represents the fulfillment of her life mission, the triumph over her enemies, the continuity of the hive, the justification for working herself to death....
Good God, what must I do to win you?
He was the worst kind of liar, the kind who took hearts as hostages and broke them with impunity.
I’m open to suggestions, if you happen to have any. You could sing, Ruby said without missing a beat. Or if you don’t like singing— How did you guess? You could listen to music. Or audiobooks—I used t...
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