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  • Gene & Millie at the White Swan
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    Ma Millie-3

    By Sunita Lodwig
    January 30, 2023
    Mildred is enjoying her newfound freedom after her divorce from Ray. She hits the dating scene and immediately falls in love again. The tall, ...
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  • Dripping sunlight
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    The radiance on his face

    By Ritu Anand
    January 16, 2023
    The radiance on his face shows all. His folded hands say all. He won all negotiations with the One. While alive, he meditated and ...
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  • Shimmering water
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    Rising

    By Ritu Anand
    January 2, 2023
    Rising, clinging to the sea wall Mammoth Barnacle has been stepping up to see One’s light. Deep down below in the sea of seas, ...
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  • 1914 Picture of Baby Millie
    CultureParenting & FamilyNonfiction

    Ma Millie

    By Sunita Lodwig
    December 19, 2022
    “No, sir! No! No hanky-panky! I would have none of it! Married each one of them!” Thus proclaims Mildred Ruth Ralls, nursing her martini, ...
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  • silhouette of person flying a kite
    Parenting & FamilyMemoir & AutobiographiesNonfiction

    Flying Kites and Dogfights – Part 2

    By Sunita Lodwig
    December 5, 2022
    Although our home is small, the rooms are sizable and airy, with twelve-foot ceilings. Clerestory windows above doors increase natural light and air circulation. ...
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  • Snow
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    Holiday Hacks

    By Stephanie Wyatt
    December 5, 2022
    Reflection and Goals For Next Year The year is almost over. Christmas is right around the corner. 2023 is going to be a good ...
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  • silhouette of person flying a kite
    CultureParenting & FamilyNonfiction

    Flying Kites and Dogfights

    By Sunita Lodwig
    November 21, 2022
    “But, Mummy, the old man says this is the strongest maanjha (kite-flying twine).” Mummy smiles at seven-year-old Sudhir’s words and shakes her head. Then ...
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  • A buffalo being manually milked
    CultureParenting & FamilyMemoir & Autobiographies

    Freshly Churned Butter and Peeled Almonds

    By Sunita Lodwig
    November 7, 2022
    Some mornings I wake up to a parade of memories—whiffs and tastes of childhood emerge from a dream and linger on vividly and wistfully. ...
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  • MOTHERHOOD
    Parenting & FamilyPoetryMemoir & Autobiographies

    The Plight of Motherhood

    By Ritu Anand
    October 31, 2022
    She gave her birth, breathed life into her. Fed, caressed, soothed, punished. Comforted again. She got her to believe in all things unreal or ...
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  • Marbles and Gangajali
    CultureParenting & FamilyNonfiction

    Colorful Marbles and Holy Water

    By Sunita Lodwig
    October 24, 2022
    Tulsi Bhua (aunt) is beside herself. She cannot find her Gangajali (a receptacle for holy water). Mummy is helping her search; it cannot just ...
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