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Memoirist and humorist Wade Rouse's debut novel, The Charm Bracelet, is a tribute to his beloved grandmothers - as well as all our elders - whose stories and lessons helped shape us and make us the people we are. Rouse, a former EBWW faculty member, chose to write under his grandmother Viola Shipman's name as a way to celebrate her and the bracelet that inspired the book. ...

In Major League Baseball news this morning, I felt swept away, my heart warmed, by one of those quick eye-locking glances at Dunkin' Donuts. I engaged in this with the women with whom I order my Dunkin' Donuts cream, sugar and extra pumpkin sauce coffee every morning. The glance lasted about 1.7 seconds before she, as is typical of women but not men, looked away and grabbed a donut for another customer. I would have kept staring as long as she did. This women knows me. As I stroll towards ...