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On the day traditionally spent in the kitchen with the gobbler, Frances Jaeger is in another room tending the gurgler.
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COVID has complicated what was used to be an open-and-shut decision for teachers and professors in classrooms everywhere.
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Frances Jaeger finds a lesson packed in the box between the burger and prize.
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I woke up at 4 a.m. and went to my screened-in porch to read, but I gave up a few minutes later. The birdsong was so loud, I couldn't focus on my novel.As…
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Christmas 2019, my husband bought us a record player. In January, we traveled to Tacoma to see old friends I had not visited in 23 years. In my mind, both…
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As a specialist in Caribbean literature, I teach about slavery every year. When we read the Cuban novel, Sab, or watch Tomás Alea Gutierrez's film The…
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"This ménage à trois is not working," I informed my husband over the breakfast table.Of course, the current state of affairs is his fault, because he…
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It was 3 a.m. Since I couldn't fall asleep again, I got up to check whether it was snowing. Thick flakes were drifting from the sky and a deep blanket of…
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I was looking for oatmeal in the cereal aisle. When I looked up after putting my canister in the cart, I saw Farina on the top shelf. The smiling boy on…
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A few years ago, my ten-year old neighbor was excited about a recent accomplishment. "Now, Susan," her mother admonished, "Don't brag." My comeback was…