Kate Cutts
American Made
I walk past families and groups of friends pocketed through the lobby at the theater of Rowan College, Burlington County Campus. I am...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 29, 20235 min read
“Get on Your Bikes and Ride. . .”
The end of each September for the past few years I get this earworm of Queen singing and have the hardest time replacing it. I’m...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 22, 20233 min read
A Freezer Full
An empty freezer fills most of the floor space in my newly-wed-nest’s kitchen. I appreciate the generosity of my first grandfather...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 15, 20234 min read
The Jewelry Box
The ceiling of my father’s church fascinates me. I’m looking up imagining it’s Noah’s Arc turned upside down. The mellowed yellowed...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 8, 20234 min read
Almanzo and Me
You know it’s going to happen. From the moment that baby girl has her first cry, the intellectual truth is, some day she will be a woman...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 1, 20234 min read
The Dog Thief
I’ve always been a one-dog woman from a one-dog kind of family. Even when I was growing-up, my parents kept a single dog at a time. ...
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Kate Cutts
Aug 25, 20235 min read
Amazing Maisie
February 2020 Having lived with guilt of not enough time to devote to a pet, I don’t want to bring a new dog home until life is settled,...
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Kate Cutts
Aug 18, 20234 min read
Beloved Bailey
Since we got married, Dan and I have loved and lost an enormous Newfoundland and a sporty speckled springer. Each bereavement hit hard....
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Kate Cutts
Aug 11, 20234 min read
Zuzu's Petals
Dan and I watch It’s a Wonderful Life every Christmas Season of our eight married years in the little shoebox house. (I gave him a VHS...
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Kate Cutts
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Bravo for Brin
Dan and I are married just over a year. We live in a one-bedroom apartment in Medford, NJ. He’s working extra hard to prepare a tenant...
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Kate Cutts
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Jelly Donuts For All
I keep going over my checklist and making sure we are ready for our big birding day. Directions sent home? Check. Permission Slips?...
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Kate Cutts
Jul 21, 20235 min read
Never Enough Birds
Since dipping a toe into the bird pool, my librarian friend, Shayne and I want to swim all the way across. “I’ve always wanted to be an...
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Kate Cutts
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Opera as a Weapon
The summer streets of Washington D.C. are crowded with tourists, government officials, and the people who work them daily. My...
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Kate Cutts
Jun 30, 20233 min read
The Tadpole Dipper
Mamaw Sanford lives three miles out of town, down a dirt lane that turns off a gravel road. Her little white house sits at the bottom of...
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Kate Cutts
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Measuring Hope
The conference center climate control cannot correct for varying levels of belief scattered through the ballroom. Our speaker is dynamic....
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Kate Cutts
Jun 16, 20234 min read
A Little Walk in the Woods
I do love a good hike. . . when I am secure the trail is well-marked, the path not dangerous, the view rewarding and worth the effort . ....
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Kate Cutts
Jun 7, 20234 min read
S'more Lore
I can’t imagine what it takes to maintain a vacation home. Lots of folks I know spend time at their shore houses. I think about the cost...
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Kate Cutts
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Memories Over Equity: The Origins
Dan and I live in what I call our little shoebox house. It is about 1200 square feet of living space nestled between two fields on the...
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Kate Cutts
May 26, 20232 min read
Keep At It For Good
I am listening to words that seem wrong, just wrong. Doris has one of the most fascinating lives I’ve ever heard tell. She’s a...
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