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By Sarah Reynolds

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• A Mother's Day reflection

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 09
  As I write this, less than a week before Mother's Day, we have had a glorious run of around two weeks of beautiful spring weather — the kind that ...
  

• Step right up for the ride of your life

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Apr 11
  You know those carnival rides that some people are always dying to go on, while others would die from them? Those things that shake up your ...
  

• What he gave me

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Mar 14
  We had the memorial service for my father last weekend. He died last October, and we had thought of having something in December, but there were a ...
  
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  Meet Cushla

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Feb 14
  She arrived Feb. 1, 8 weeks old, silky soft and black as midnight. Her dark, liquid eyes melted our hearts and her frisky antics made us laugh. We ...
  

• Someone special

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jan 17
  "Do I need to talk to someone special, or can I talk to you?" said the gentleman on the other end of the phone. In my friendliest customer-service ...
  

• In the bleak midwinter

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Dec 20
  "This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason, There'd have been no room for the child." ("Afte...
  

• Log therapy

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Nov 22
  Whine-thump, whine-thump! The sound of the wood splitter has been heard on our porch on many days over the last three months and more. It is the ...
  

• A modest Maine marriage proposal

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Oct 25
  With the vote on Maine's same-sex marriage referendum (Question 1) approaching, marriage has been on my mind. Maureen and I have talked about ...
  

• Don't touch that dryer!

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Sep 25
  I just moved everything from my former house in Massachusetts back to Maine. Boxes and boxes of kitchen items, clothes, CDs, books, computer and ...
  

• Swimming to Prague

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Aug 30
  I'd like to share a fantasy. No, not that kind of fantasy. I'm hoping that saying it here, in public, will help me take action to realize this ...
  

• Buried treasure — from shame to celebration

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Apr 25
  One of the better modern inventions is the Netflix account. Rent DVDs by mail for a small monthly fee. No running to the video store to avoid a ...
  

• Of wizards and pebbles

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Mar 28
  When I was younger, I read a lot of fairytales and fantasy. Maybe that's why I wanted to be a wizard — and not when I was a child — as a young ...
  

• My brother, the mensch

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Feb 27
  After my father died last October, my brothers and I received waves of emails from people who remembered Dad with affection and were saddened by ...
  

• Puppy persuasion

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jan 31
  "You're crazy," I said. "I know puppies are cute, but they turn into dogs! I don't want a litter of them underfoot. No!" This was three or four or ...
  

• So glad to be here

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Jan 04
  The first thing to say is that I’m fine — completely unhurt. And I’m mostly over the shock. I’m still a little jittery on snowy roads, but that’s ...
  

• The ghost of Christmas presents

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Dec 06
  Do you remember the Think-A-Tron? If you're of a certain age, you might have received one as a Christmas gift in the early to mid-1960s, as I did. ...
  

• So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodnight

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Nov 08
  Since I spend a good bit of most days answering the telephone, I have noticed something that puzzles me. I'm having a perfectly normal — even nice ...
  

• Gladly I go

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Oct 11
  As part of my transition back to being a Maine resident, I had to change my car registration last week. As a result, I'm able to pass along a ...
  

• Not fade away

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Sep 13
  Just about a month ago, I ended a column with, "Shield the joyous. Because, too soon, it will be our turn to grieve." And, too soon, it is my ...
  

• Shield the joyous

  By Sarah E. Reynolds - Aug 16
  For years my family on my father's side has vacationed in the Adirondacks. We gathered there on Upper Saranac Lake recently to celebrate the 30th ...