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Mr. Berry’s Letter
in which, a treasured page on which a poet’s poet once spilled his ink is lost and, in good time, resurrected . . .
Sep 25
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Barbara Mahany
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and then, once again, there were none . . .
in which the proverbial nest is emptied again, and once again there comes an aching
Sep 18
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Barbara Mahany
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playing house
in which the unpacking of moving boxes unlooses thoughts of what it is that makes a house a home, and why it is that it so matters . . .
Sep 11
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Barbara Mahany
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Exaltate, Fig!
in which, surrendering to its lush temptation, we hoist the fig in adulation—for i can think of no other worldly fruit with which i’d rather fill a…
Sep 4
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Barbara Mahany
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August 2026
awake! awake!
in which we quicken to the call to rouse from our soul’s deep slumber, the very essence of Elul, the month when we turn toward the holiness of the…
Aug 28
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Barbara Mahany
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it’s all in how you hear it . . .
in which the song of summer’s end stirs something deep. and for some of us it quickens the soul
Aug 21
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Barbara Mahany
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the pings and the people who just might save us
in which i open the books on the words and the wisdom of life-saving souls . . .
Aug 14
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Barbara Mahany
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the rooms where we remember how human we are
in which waiting—and worry—strip away that which keeps us apart
Aug 7
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Barbara Mahany
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July 2026
Who Needs Lexapro When a Crowded House Cures All?
In which this old house once again contains the full contents of my heart, and both (house and heart) are all but bursting at the seams . . .
Jul 31
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Barbara Mahany
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paean to those who keep our sentences safely seat-buckled and stop us from veering into literary ditches
in which we sing the praises of our literary lifeguards, those vaunted souls who protect us from drowning in the deep end . . .
Jul 24
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Barbara Mahany
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a much-considered case for cases up or down
in which the writerly mechanics here at the chair get an upgrade, or at least an oomph in the alphabetical-heights department . . .
Jul 17
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Barbara Mahany
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the land of uncertainty: terra infirma
in which we learn a thing or three from the vicissitudes of cancer . . .
Jul 10
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Barbara Mahany
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