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safe and sound
Fluffy’s Adventures in the Wild have come to a happy end. After the wayward cat refills her belly and catches up on her sleep, she will be interrogated and her story will be a matter of public record....
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goodbye Lola Jane
Today we say goodbye to Lola Jane Maxwell Henderson, the first cat I owned in my own right and did not just lay claim to via family rights and roommate situations. The first time I laid eyes this tiny...
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on growing things
People, I planted stuff. And five hours later, everything looks happy still. If plants can look perky, then yes indeed, that is the word I’d use to describe them. What started as a Weekend Warriors...
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a big boy now
Colin had been waiting almost exactly 365 days for yesterday to arrive. About a year ago, Jack let slip that in August, he’d be going to San Francisco, by himself, to spend a week with my dad, their...
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my aching head
I woke up in the middle of the night a little discombobulated. But once I got my bearings, I could not fall back to sleep. So in my head I wrote the definitive account of how I managed to get myself...
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third string quarterback
Football Jesus is coming to a Patriots jersey near you. It was bound to happen. I feel like rarely in New England sports do we get saddled with a so-called bad guy player. For example, I can say with...
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summer woes
I want to love summer. Pool time. Beach season. Easy breezy attitudes. Dry rosés and barbecue. But the truth is, I hate it. Summer is stifling when it’s hot and humid and you have a professional dress...
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glass half empty no more
I used to be a glass half full type of person. Then in 1986 I developed the passionate fatalism shared by my adopted New England brethren when the Boston Red Sox tragically lost the World Series. And...
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why I quit foursquare
I joined Foursquare a year ago when I got curious about all the “4sq” tweets I was seeing in my Twitter feed. What was this social media function? And oh, there are points so it’s like a contest? Sign...
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getting dirty
I have really been wanting to get down and dirty lately. (Get your mind out of the gutter. I don’t mean that way. At least not with you.) Every day since my big gardening weekend three weeks ago, I...
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and I’m off…
A week ago, I was going to do a post on summer beauty. But I was too hot to think and realized it’s all pointless when it feels impossible to look fresh and put together in the DC heat and humidity....
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let freedom ring
As my kids like to say, “it’s a free country.” Usually this Declaration of Independence comes in the context of some you can’t make me retort involving Harry Potter play or Lego pieces. And they are...
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reverse the curse
I’ve got Steve Sax Syndrome. Today’s wide throw to first on a routine grounder came in the form of a 2.5 hour search for my car in the DCA parking lot. Please spare me the suggestions to write down or...
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new york, new york
A funny thing happened on my way to a business meeting. I fell in love with New York City. I’ve long held her in high regard for her street cred as a “real” city, her grittiness, her style. While I...
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birth control
When I was 15, I was present in the delivery room as my baby sister was born. A nurse of Julia Child stature pressed on my mother’s belly in all sorts of uncomfortable looking ways because Meghann was...
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9-11
I tested myself the other day. Can I think about 9-11 without my eyes tearing up? The answer is no. My personal story is not especially tragic. I didn’t lose a loved one. I didn’t spend many...
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friday the 13th
I’m wicked superstitious. I do not step on sidewalk cracks or pick up pennies that aren’t heads up. You won’t find me anywhere near the underbelly of a ladder. The number 13 is all the more ominous...
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jack on jack
My kid is rather perfect, whether he’s displaying a moment of creative flair or getting on his preteen angst. Today he turns 12. As we celebrate his loud arrival into the world, instead of my usual...
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apathy
In case you missed it, there was a mass shooting in our nation’s capital on Monday. Sure, the twitterverse was abuzz with rumors and inaccurate reports all day long, but as far as I can tell, there was...
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hiatus
I just wanted to issue a warning that I won’t be writing much. Wait, let me rephrase that: I won’t be writing here much. In an emotional moment over the summer, I started researching MFAs in creative...
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