Amy Wight Chapman

November 1969, when ignorance was bliss

In the old black and white photo, six girls are gathered in Donna’s living room, below a paint-by-numbers picture of a deer grazing beneath some birch…

Mar 2 • Amy Wight Chapman

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February 2026

Eli the Wonder Pup

5/20/17 - 2/23/26

Feb 25 • Amy Wight Chapman

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Key to the Treasure

My daughter Annie, who, among the many amazing things she does, operates a mobile bookstore (soon to become a brick-and-mortar bookstore!) in Colorado…

Feb 18 • Amy Wight Chapman

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November 2025

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…

Nov 24, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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.

Nov 4, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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.

Oct 15, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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…

Sep 29, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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That old AT magic

Whoopie pies, friendship, and "Hugo Smells"

Aug 13, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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June 2025

Happy birthday, Dad

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

Jun 23, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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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.

May 26, 2025 • Amy Wight Chapman

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