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Our Parents’ Invisible Sacrifices

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2022

As I tend our fire, I think of Robert Hayden’s luminescent poem “Those Winter Sundays.”

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The Bard Captures Old Age Perfectly

By Robin Bates | Published: May 30, 2013

Since starting to care for aging parents, I’ve become very impressed with Shakespeare’s “the world’s a stage” speech.

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Returning Home to Aging Parents

By Robin Bates | Published: May 21, 2013

Marilynne’s Robinson’s novel “Home” captures some of my own experience returning home.

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