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Leaving the Nest
Anna Quindlen's March 3 article, "Home Cooking," brought me to tears with the complete recognition of the many emotions that surface as our college grads venture into the world on their own. My two sons have their degrees, and my daughter in college stops home often enough to do laundry and throw a frozen pizza in the microwave. It is such a strange, somewhat melancholy wistfulness I feel, as I think Quindlen does, about redesigning our lives without them around.
Deb Crowder
Swanzey, N.H.

So often when I read Anna Quindlen's writing, I recognize my own jumbled, complicated thoughts and emotions neatly and cleanly sorted out. But never more so than in "Home Cooking." I read the column to my husband, and, reacting to my tears, he reminded me that it will be a long time before I'm overseeing a truly empty nest. Still, my 4-year-old son got an extra-long hug that night before bed.
Tracy M. Mcgrady
Springfield, MO.

I chuckled when reading Anna Quindlen's essay, especially the part about the hand-me-down pan ("You can use this pan for everything!"). For you see, I still have the hand-me-down metal pan that my mom gave me when I got my first apartment at the university, some 32 years ago. A few months ago at a potluck, someone commented on the scratches and tried to clean the discoloration from the corners of the pan with steel wool. I told her that they were "history," and we laughed. That pan still makes some of the best noodle kugel or baked chicken this side of Mom's kitchen!
Alan L. Goldberg
Tucson, Ariz.

Corrections
In Jonathan Alter's column "Hillary Should Get Out Now" (March 3), the reference to Barack Obama's then 925,000 lead in the popular vote incorrectly stated that that total included the disputed votes in Florida and Michigan. It does not.

Tip Sheet's "Planners Wanted ASAP" (March 3) reported that "Virginia Tech in Martinsville offers undergraduate majors as well as master's degrees in financial planning." In fact, it is in Blacksburg, and offers undergraduate courses, not degrees, in financial planning.

"Every Breath They Take" Misidentified Sara Rosenbaum's academic affiliation. She is chair of the department of health policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors.

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