I’m sure you would not guess it, if you guessed a long, long while, so I’ll take it out and put it on—it’s a great big Brownie smile!
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Suprise Me
Val-de-ree, Val-de-ra
Prompted By Scouting
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I’m sure you would not guess it, if you guessed a long, long while, so I’ll take it out and put it on—it’s a great big Brownie smile!
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Planned Parenthood Before Roe v. Wade
Prompted By Women's Lib
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E asked what I was doing for birth control. In February of 1971 we were both freshmen in college and had both just lost our virginity. I visited her in New York City over Intersession, after my exams, before the start of second semester. At Brandeis, all freshmen were issued a Birth Control Handbook, published…
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A Geek in the Best Sense
Prompted By Aunts & Uncles
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Occasionally I'd hear strange noises emanating from his basement office. Sometimes a squeak, sometimes a series of booms.
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Wine Time, Anytime
Prompted By Altered States
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The Puppy Farm
Prompted By The Great Beyond
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The Puppy Farm I’ve written before about my wonderful childhood puppy (See Fluffy, or How I Got My Dog and Fluffy and the Alligator Shoes) but sadly there is more to tell. I’m sure today’s child rearing gurus would advise you to tell your kids the truth no matter how painful, but I suspect my folks…
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Thank You, Mrs. Beach
Prompted By My First Paycheck
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In The Summertime
Prompted By Camp
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Summer camp was a major part of my childhood experience. Not only the eight weeks I spent there each summer, but the letters back and forth to camp friends for the other ten months of the year. We poured out our hearts to each other in ways that we would never do with friends at home.…
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Lines of Communication
Prompted By The Social Network
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I have come full cycle from the days when the umbilical cord of my old kitchen connected me to my friends. Like my parents before me and my kids and grandkids, I now avoid long conversations. They cost me valuable time.
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Song for Alice
Prompted By Altered States
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I hate November and I hate low-sodium lentil soup. And I wanted a goddamn drink. Is that so awful?
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Why I Blog
Prompted By Why We Write
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WHY I BLOG One evening several years ago, with no forethought that I recall, I sat down and determined to start a blog. Some friends were already blogging and I loved reading their posts. But although I had always enjoyed writing and had taken some writing workshops over the years (and even had a stack…
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