Author: <span>Maura</span>

Father Dave.  We met on 4 June 2010 and were instant friends.  He died on 28 October 2021 and everything changed. Life is both an exterior experience and an interior…

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January The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, 1960) Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey (Gotham Books, 2006) Song…

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So much to desire  during this time of coronavirus like lettuce and lemons dinner with friends Macallan’s. It is good that I know  our real wants  are few  our imaginary …

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You are gone. I know it is so. Your mailbox is yawning bored from nothing to read or maybe, as if the tube  were a pandiculating dachshund, the yawn is…

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As almost everyone will do, on this Mother’s Day I will honor my mother. As a mother, Catherine “Kitty” Rankin Poston’s three most distinctive characteristics were: she was loving; she…

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Last week, I received a care package from Missi Clements, who, having chosen me as her surrogate mom, is now affectionately known as one of my Portland daughters. Her gifts…

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One year ago Ben took me to a wonderful restaurant for a very special Valentine dinner.  He knows that Valentine’s Day is my favorite day of the year. I’ve always…

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Miraculously, and I mean that in a literal way, neither Tiamo nor I were bitten. But two nights ago we were attacked by a neighborhood dog.  We were walking along…

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“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” -Zora Neale Hurston On 10 October 2020, Tiamo was delivered safely to my doorstep from Terlingua, Texas via Portland, Oregon…

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