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If you like feminine, folksy music in the Joni Mitchell–Pat Humphries–Holly Near vein, you are in for a treat. But also heartbreak. Because Rachel Bissex, a singer I only learned of last summer, died last year at 48 from cancer. Her album, “In White Light,” is one that I think you’ll find yourself listening to…

Here is picture of the staircase that leads from our front downstairs hallway to the second level of the house. I painted the rises of the stairs in alternating patterns with sample-sized jars of Benjamin Moore paint last August while our two Chatterings (ages nine and eleven) were away with a friend in the country.…

I like to celebrate Christmas the way my family always honored it–with parties, carols, pageants, presents, prayers and church. But–like a true Chatterer–I’m also always looking for fresh inspiration. I especially like learning about how December’s holidays–from various faiths–were celebrated centuries ago. Last year, I ordered The School of the Seasons’ 40-page “Midwinter Packet”, and…

I am grateful for all the relationships I have had with alcoholics. They’ve often been painful but… always, the connection has left me with an appreciation for the complexities of human character, and an awareness of the fear some sensitive people feel. It’s as though they think life isn’t good enough undistorted. Life is raw…
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