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Mom thought she was extremely clever to have had three girls first, so we could be trained to do cooking, cleaning and childcare, while she supervised. (Ultimately, there were 11 of us—five boys and six girls. I was the third of this brood.) Mom envisioned herself cast either as Marmie in Little Women or as…

Letters (and e-mails) from Australia

Cookie crisis ends with new recipe, happy kids

Reece pens children’s book during students’ nap time

Frederick Law Olmstead’s highly enjoyable romp through Texas in the early settlement days before the Civil War