Category Archive for 'family'

The Key of Love

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Her husband has no understanding of music. And she doesn’t get the games he loves. But in a crisis, they suddenly find themselves in harmony. I’m stuck in traffic, the kids are squabbling, and I’m feeling completely overbooked, what with dinner needing to be early be cause of a flute recital and late because of [...]

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August

Monday, October 16th, 2006

When I think back on our five seasons at the lake, I see my father reading in the big wicker chair that usually stood in the corner under the lamp with the green shade but which he would drag in front of the fire on chilly days. He was a great reader, my father: at [...]

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