Monthly Archives: December 2014

In My Bones

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Mary Jo Doig

Is there anyone who does not love homemade bread? If so, I have not met that person, have you? As a young mother of two toddlers in the early 60s, I was gifted with a kind neighbor who taught me … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Breathe

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Mary Jo Doig

I grew up on the east end of Long Island, near the Hamptons, in a lower middle class family of five. When I started school, more than half my classmates were “colored,” as we called them in the 50s. They … Continue reading →

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