Lunch on Fridays, around here anyway, leaves a lot to be desired. I do the grocery shopping on Saturday which essentially means that Friday meal times lie somewhere between woeful and pitiful. So, last Friday,…
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Today is Blog Action Day when about a gazillion bloggers take to their blogs to bring awareness to a certain topic that needs attention. This year, that topic is climate change. I could write a…
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You know the big fiction fallout of '09? The one where I decided that fiction just wasn't for me? Well, it sent me on a mission to capture the non-fiction, blogging and writing that I…
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Granted, I live in a place that is considered to be a vacation paradise. And granted, I used to feel that way when I didn't live here. And granted, I still do feel that way…
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Next to causing massive amounts of trouble, my favorite thing to do at camp every summer was sail. Every single day for two months throughout five summers, I sailed. Little sunfish, 15 foot X-boats, even…
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Disclaimer: I did not birth the term 'suck'. And, yes, I wish I had. Yesterday, I went to a friend's house to borrow a skirt, and she said, "We have to start with the shoes.…
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Do you have any words that you'd like obliterated? I'm all for axing 'cute'. Bunnies are cute. Puppies are cute. As Alisa from Project Happily Ever After says, "I think it's okay to use cute…
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I'm standing on the other side of the abyss, the good one. And I wanted to let you all know that the ground here is high and dry, nearly heady. Because I read your comments…
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Does anyone know who Michiko Kakutani is? If you do, you get a gold star for the day. Wear it loud and proud on your forehead. In my world (because she is bigger than this),…
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Late every August, just before school started, my mom would take me to the department store (Famous Barr, if you happen to be from St. Louis) to get my Back to School clothes. And I…
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