I was a goodie-two-shoes, as straight as they come. I never tried drugs during high school, though I dated a “druggie” Junior year. He came over on my birthday, high as a kite and sang “Happy Birthday” while hopping on one foot. I was amused; my mother didn’t get it. He visited once when I…
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Suprise Me
One Toke Over the Line
Prompted By Altered States
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I was a goodie-two-shoes, as straight as they come. I never tried drugs during high school, though I dated a “druggie” Junior year. He came over on my birthday, high as a kite and sang “Happy Birthday” while hopping on one foot. I was amused; my mother didn’t get it. He visited once when I…
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Adriana on Jeopardy!
Prompted By Quiz and Game Shows
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A. Adriana, my close high school friend. Q. Who do I know who was on Jeopardy!?
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I Became The Hunter Gatherer
Prompted By Pandemic, Year Three
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I leaned what my French or Irish ancestors must have known – how to forage. Pasta was in short supply – had to find that. Toilet paper was in short supply – had to find that. Time to eat more fruits and vegetables which meant more recipes to learn. More time indoors so Watched Downton…
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Mr October
Prompted By Super Bowl
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Mr October Super Bowl, World Series, or Final Four stories – they’re all the same to us sports widows. A few years ago my friends Pat and David and I were planning a reunion for our former teaching colleagues at Jane Addams, the small inner-city high school where we first met in the 1980s.…
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The Dead Mouse (and her Dead Baby)
Prompted By Basements and Attics
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Death is an impenetrable wall. I can etch messages into my side of it, yearning, regretting, remembering with exquisite fondness her smile...
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Our Special Guests
Prompted By Trauma
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Our Special Guests My loyal readers may remember that I spent happy childhood summers at my grandmother’s small hotel in the Catskills. (See My Heart Remembers My Grandmother’s Hotel, My Game Mother, Playing with Fire, Hotel Kittens, The Cat and the Forshpeiz, and The Troubadour) Here’s another hotel memory, though this one is bittersweet. Every summer for many years…
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Giving Back
Prompted By Volunteering
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I have done a lot of volunteer work in the last 32 years, since retiring from paid employment. I divide that work into two categories: working on behalf of places that benefit my children and giving back to places that helped me become the person I am. I grew up in a household where my…
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Wise Children
Prompted By Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
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The desire and frustration built up
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Winky Dink and Me
Prompted By Children's TV Shows
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Comparing children's TV of the '50s and the '90s, I think the '90s win.
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