An open letter to my family

I was all set to write a long explanation of what I think of your despicable tactics, your ugliness and anger and racist diatribe over a political election; your accusations that I misled you by voting (as a soon to be 35 year old American citizen) the opposite way from how you say I should [...]

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In which I realize that maturity doesn’t mean being a drag

Winnifred, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint. ~ George Banks in Mary Poppins ~
Some people probably have moments of clarity in a place of worship or during a conversation with some wise counselor. I have them in the car. In those trance-like moments between leaving work and magically appearing at pill’s preschool, [...]

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Sunshine on my pillow…

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
Online forums are my personal idea of working a room. I’ve made some great friendships online, friends that have been there for me in ways my family never [...]

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Me: Diane Lane :: Under the Tuscan Sun : A) house in the country B) pipe dream C) holy crap I’m doing it

There was a train track through the Alps before there was a train.
It’s unfortunate that I don’t look more like Diane Lane, who is a hottie of the first order, and that the house isn’t actually in Tuscany, but other than that I think the movie could pretty much stand in for “Rachel’s Life” right [...]

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Has anyone seen my power?

It is so damn much easier to let someone else call the shots.
I forget, since it’s been a year since I answered to anyone, what a enormous forgetting of self is involved when you are partnered. A good relationship is about compromise on both sides, but too often women (and a few men, [...]

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