Duty redux
I hope you are all enjoying a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. I'm going to spend part of mine cooking for the annual pool potluck in our neighborhood. I'm bringing my sesame noodle dish (I would link to...
View ArticleThe lady in white
One day last week, T. and I stopped into a bakery/sandwich shop downtown for a quick bite. It was part of a Mama/T. afternoon out we had planned for some weeks. The sandwich shop is a popular lunch...
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The elusive brownie
A long, long time ago, in a land far away, we were graduate students, living in an apartment on the second floor of an old Victorian house in Rochester, NY. The first year we lived there, a young...
View ArticleBits and pieces
Yesterday's post was sparked by a woman I saw waiting in the grocery store checkout line earlier in the week. She was young and had two small children with her--one about 15 months old. She was paying...
View ArticleBirth stories
On Sunday late afternoon, my neighbor and I set out on our weekly walk, and fell to talking about childbirth. Our weekly walks are more than just a chance to exercise our bodies, but a chance to...
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On the way to pick T. up from school. L. and I stopped into Barnes & Noble so I could buy a copy of the movie I was planning on showing my students in class today. I told L. he could pick out an...
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I had some bank problems recently. I have a "writing name" as T. calls it and, after months and months of depositing writing-gig-related checks under that name, my bank decided they they weren't sure...
View ArticleThe power of two
In my special topics class on Monday we talked about nationalism. The students were assigned this essay to read, and they weren't happy. It was "long" and "difficult" and, also, "boring" to read. This...
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