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This picture was taken in May of 2017, but I saw it yesterday on Instagram when one of my friends posted it. It’s a picture of a suicidal man who was ready to jump off a bridge. This is from an article in “Metro” about the incident: “Photos taken in Golders Green, North London, show strangers gripping tightly onto the …

I thought it was time for another homeschooling lesson with our cats today. This is a transcript of the lesson. Me: “Okay, boys. Today we’re going to learn about how an election works. Seamus, where are you going?” Seamus: “This does not pertain to me.” Me: “It most certainly does. Sit down with your brothers, and don’t walk out of …

On Saturday, Monty and I went on a short road trip to the city where we grew up. I kept hearing Barbra Streisand’s voice in my head, singing about “misty water-colored memories,” as we went to many of the places where we’d spent time as kids. When we drove past the house where I grew up, I could picture my …

I decided to try my hand at homeschooling, so I asked our cats to write a report about how their September has been so far. Here they are:

Last week when our weather changed and the temperature dropped, I went out on our porch. I could smell wet leaves and chimney smoke as I stood there shivering. Fall had arrived. I delight in the smells and colors and traditions of fall. But it wasn’t always that way. For years, bouts of severe clinical depression hit me every fall. …

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? I do. I wanted to be a writer. My earliest memories are of my mom reading the “Anne of Green Gables” series of books to our family. She only read a chapter a night, and I couldn’t stand not knowing what was going to happen next. So I …