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The new must-see TV
Let’s start with a little background. You all remember your first crush, right? Mine was Fred Savage, circa 1988. Every week, I stalked the TV listings for new episodes of The Wonder Years. I became...
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To hell with hills
I’ve been keeping a list of things that have become noticeably more difficult for me – and specifically, the runner in me – since we hit the other side 30 a couple of years ago. Warm-ups: need to be...
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Deflated
Yesterday, I failed myself. Allow me to explain. Upon getting the keys to my very first car, my father insisted that Teenage Me spend an afternoon on parking lawn in front of our house, learning basic...
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Generally speaking, I’ve got it pretty good. When life flings annoying little scraps of crap at me, I can always say: well, at least I have a roof over my head. Oddly, in a few weeks, we won’t. A...
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This starts today
The last carload of crap has been hauled. The boxes have been unpacked. The major furniture items and appliances have been selected and purchased. It’s been 23 days since the marathon. I’m running out...
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I’m going to be honest about something here. I haven’t posted in a while. Almost two weeks, actually. Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you wondered if I was burned out on the sport of writing...
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Friday afternoon wine musings
It was exactly noon when the taxi deposited my husband in our driveway, fresh from the airport after a two-week business trip to Asia. The twenty-hour flight had left him tired and disheveled and in...
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Pink and sparkly
Today, my husband and I drove two hours to eat at an Arby’s. It wasn’t entirely intentional. I mean, I love curly fries, but I don’t make a destination out of them. We were trying to explore our new...
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What I have been doing for the last month
Yeah, I know. It’s been a while. Here are some of the things I wish I could say I’ve been doing for the last month: Gallivanting around a foreign country, eating and drinking fabulous local things and...
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On adjusting expectations
Um. One week from tomorrow, I am running a half marathon. If it hasn’t been obvious from my (sporadic) posts – which have been either vaguely mopey or awkwardly lacking on the topic – the “plan” has...
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