Saturday, February 19, 2022

Feeling Wider Than Awake: Review of Eddie Vedder's Earthling

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Eddie Vedder has got to be tired of talking about death. Still, it seems like interviewers want to talk to him about litt...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

The Weirdest Things I've Ordered Online During the Pandemic

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I wait for it every day. I keep a spreadsheet of delivery dates. As the daily sameness of the pandemic stretches on, I get more and more exc...
Friday, October 9, 2020

How Fate Brought Me My Ralph

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According to surveys of pet owners, people who buy pets from breeders tend to say they chose their pet based on research and specific criter...
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Thursday, May 7, 2020

This Unprecedented Blah Blah: Working in Marketing During the Pandemic

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Wet hair, don't care: Work from home style. If you donate to charity, you may have received an email that I wrote. It would have op...
Sunday, January 5, 2020

Fierce and Loving: My Abigail

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 We had an empty dog bed and a hole in our hearts. We offered them both to her. Abigail was a Beagle who needed a home. That was all we...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The Days Were Just Packed

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When women gush about how much they love Fall, deep down, it feels like they must be lying. I just don't get it. ... It was a lo...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

New Mantra: I Can't Believe I Get To Do This

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I had a daily ritual that wasn't serving me very well. So I changed it. ...  Every night, I would touch the box the holds Porter ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Thank You, Dad, For My Love Affair With Coffee

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It’s no surprise to me that caffeine addiction may be hereditary . Just check out this text conversation I had with my mom this morning:  ...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

Grieving & Healing By Transforming a Room in My House

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I found my cat Firefly when we were both just kittens kids: she a tiny, fuzzy stray and me a teenager in college. From that day on, she was...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Exercise: What is Your "Money Memory?"

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I just started listening to a new (to me) book: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman. I'm already learning a lot. The bo...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

That Time Michael Dukakis Wrote Me a Letter

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Fun fact, if you're into nerdy 8-year-olds:  In 1989, I wrote Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential candidate...
Monday, May 13, 2019

I'm really sad today.

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  My brain: Your cat lived for 20 years. She suffered only briefly. You were blessed to love her for so long. My heart: It's not fai...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

How Happy Are YOU, On a Scale of 1 - 10?

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Recently, I joined my mom and dad for dinner at their house. I looked across the table at my dad. "How are you feeling?" I ask...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Worst Kind of Dude to Run Into at a Bar

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I am alone at the bar, enjoying myself and watching my husband play guitar for the crowd, when a guy stumbles forward and requests a Pearl ...
Monday, October 29, 2018

My Heart Breaks For the People in Squirrel Hill

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As soon as I could afford to move out of my parents' house, I went to Squirrel Hill. I was entranced. I didn't have a car, and...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Ode to My Helpful, Healing Gemstones

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They might relieve my headaches, boost my courage, and soothe my worries. Or they might just be pretty. I loved crystals and gemston...