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May 22, 2013
Life Stories

Summers in Misquamicut seemed endless when we were young

You can't go back there right now, because let's face it, you are not the same. It was always a fiction, anyway, that the beach you saw...

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How We Met: A chance encounter changed their lives

Nicole and John Ford met by chance at The Mews Tavern in Wakefield, R.I. It was Super Bowl weekend, 2002. Just five months after the...

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Men We Love: Local landmarks have a friend in Jim Diaz-Saavedra

Jim Diaz-Saavedra still remembers the distinctive smell of wood and rope from the boats he visited at the Mystic Seaport as a child.

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Happy chaos is key ingredient in cooking with family

"We're supposed to rinse them in cold water," says Aunt Teresa, slotted spoon in one hand, steam rising from the pot boiling on the stovetop between us. A vat of melted butter warms on the next burner.
"No, use warm water," pronounces my mother, peering over my shoulder.
I...

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Mom still keeps watch over my kitchen

Hurrying home from Coats Field, a rambling store which once stood on the Pawtucket-Central Falls line, we raced against the darkening mill-lined streets, clutching our Christmas shopping, having spent good time and spare money on gifts for our families.
My gift for my mother that year was especially fragile, a...

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