From Spreadsheets to Bedsheets
May 2009 - Metro Parent
l am trying to carve out a new identity for myself. Before my job of a couple of
decades was eliminated last summer in yet
another "corporate reorganization." (read more)
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March of the Family Photos
June 2008 - Christian Science Monitor
I finally got around to organizing 10 years of
photographs. They had been crammed into
our antique secretary like acorns in a squirrel's
mouth. (read more)
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A Hair Story
September 2007 - Strut
My mother was a straitlaced, law-abiding citizen. A dependable, responsible woman who always paid her bills on time and balanced her checkbook to the nano-penny. She was honest and conservative and never met a pair of underpants she couldn't turn into a dust rag. (read more)
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Required Reading
July 2007 - Strut
My People magazine subscription is up for renewal, and I'm wondering if I
should let it slide. I'm already three weeks behind reading the darn thing
and even more than that with Newsweek, my other weekly subscription. (read more)
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Adding a Pup to the Plan
September 2004 - Metro Parent
I had a dog growing. up, but he lasted
no more than a couple of days. We
brought him home from a farm when
he was eight weeks old, all creamy colored
and sweet smelling, with fur soft and perfect for cheeky photographs. (read more)
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The Bewitched Daydreams of a Sitcom-loving Mother
January 2001 - Metro Parent
As a child growing up in the 1960's,
I was fascinated with the black and
white images created by the
television rooted proudly in our living
room next to the fireplace. (read more)
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