Luggage and mutton chops


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Yesterday a man got on the train and I smelled him before I saw him. His fly was down and I saw that because I was sitting and he was standing and I really didn’t want to look up to see his face, but I thought that might be better than his open fly. He […]

January 25, 2015

Yoga women and Fire men


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At the only light in town, I sit stopped in my car and watched. On the right side, firemen worked on a big, shiny red firetruck. On the left side, women spill out the back door of the yoga studio. The men wear black uniforms—all I can really see is black, and leather and metal. […]

December 11, 2014

Use caution when cleaning bookshelves


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My house is filled with knotty pine and lots of built-in cabinets and shelves. Along one short wall of the living room, I always wanted even more shelves, for books. After my husband Don died, I had a lot of reactions, as you can imagine, but as far as the house went, I made changes. […]

December 7, 2014

Thanksgiving Tips for Parents of College Kids


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I am going to work on this more for next year and see if I can send it out somewhere. Relationships between parents and their 18-22 year olds won’t have changed… Your child is coming home for Thanksgiving, for 3 days or 5 days or a week. You haven’t seen him/her since parent’s weekend in […]

December 4, 2014