Amy Wight Chapman

My Honky Tonk Heroes

I’m upstairs, just about to go down and start dinner, when I catch a few bars of a melody, picked out on a guitar, and in an instant, it takes me back…

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I thought there would be more time

I’ve said it before: closing up our camp for the season always makes me feel melancholy.

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October 2025

The Bird Pitcher

“Write the story of a precious possession in your home.” That was the prompt for the September meeting of my online memoir group.

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September 2025

The stuff that follows me everywhere

This month, one of the topic choices the members of my local writing group gave ourselves was “Write about a time when you moved from one home to…

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August 2025

Picking blackberries on August 24th

I first published this post nine years ago today, on my niece Katy's birthday.

Aug 25 • 

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That old AT magic

Whoopie pies, friendship, and "Hugo Smells"

Aug 13 • 

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June 2025

Happy birthday, Dad

Today would be my father’s one hundred and thirteenth birthday.

Jun 23 • 

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On Father's Day--"To Sir, with Love"

Father’s Day was a non-event for me when I was growing up.

Jun 15 • 

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May 2025

Oh, summer...it will always be you

When I’m asked why I’ve never considered living anywhere but in New England, one of the reasons I cite is that we have four seasons.

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Happy Mother's Day to the Nifty Naughty Nineties

Still out there teaching, learning, and getting it done

May 12 • 

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A letter to my (somewhat) younger self

No, you'll probably never have a tidy house, but balance and satisfaction matter more.

May 6 • 

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March 2025

Lost on a (small) mountain in Maine

I had my right knee replaced ten days ago, and during my recovery, while I wait to be able to hike again—my surgeon says twelve weeks—I’ve been looking…

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