I don’t know when I first learned about what scientists call the littoral zone of a coastline. Basically, that’s the space between the high water mark–which normally isn’t under water–and the parts that are…
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I did not grow up in a family of travelers. My father served in the Army for more than 20 years; once he retired, he was ready to stay put. We made a cross-country…
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To begin, a confession: for many years, I had absolutely no idea how much money Mike and I had in the bank at any given moment. He was happy to manage our finances, and…
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If you’ve been reading She Dwells for awhile, you know I traditionally choose a word of the year. I do this for several reasons, but mostly to help myself identify something I’d like to…
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If you follow She Dwells on Facebook, you may have read the story of Trudy Smith. She’s a 102-year-old woman who took up painting at 85, after the death of her husband. Or the…
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My son almost dropped out of college accidentally. By the time he met with his academic advisor during the spring semester of his first year, he’d already decided the university he was attending wasn’t…
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I often joke that, as a professor, I started college in 1982 and liked it so much that I just never left. The truth is a little more complex, but essentially it’s true: I…