Monthly Archive: August 2010

Your hair!

My mom said on the phone, “I meant to say to you the last time I saw you–your hair!” I started to laugh, and she said, “It’s curled!” If you’ve been around for the past two years, you may remember…
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A magic space

Last week, it rained for 64 hours straight. On Monday, after 30 hours of rain, I found myself sitting in the car with Kiddo#4, in a parking lot, waiting for Kiddo#3 to finish up an activity. Yes, there’s a waiting…
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What are they eating?

Kiddo#3 came to me rather excited. “You have to see what they’re doing!” They were ants. In a rare moment of insanity, I’d allowed the kids to have a snack-sized bag of Doritos while playing outside, and a tiny triangle…
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The musical binge

I was wondering if anyone else experiences what I call “musical binges.” I don’t recall them happening until I was college-age, although they probably did. Without understanding why, I would suddenly develop a hunger to listen to one album repeatedly….
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I’m a soccer mom

Getting directions home from NYC, I asked about taking the Merritt Parkway. “Don’t do that,” said my cousin. “It’s gorgeous and has all these fabulous bridges, but it’s a super-highway for soccer moms.” This year I became a soccer mom…
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wasted art?

“I wish Mary hadn’t been the one to buy that piece,” she told me. “She’s wasting it.” I was on the phone with a relative, listening to a description of a fundraiser at her church. A couple dozen volunteers had…
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