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Archive by Month "July"

31
Jul, 2013
Do Cossacks Eat Cranberry Sauce?

When we moved from Venice, California to Seattle seven and a half years ago, I went into a panic about all the things I was…

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29
Jul, 2013
Listless

With about two weeks to go until we leave this house, there are many, many things I ought to be doing. I am neither a…

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28
Jul, 2013
"…. you're a Jet all the way."

Most people start out in the Bronx and end up living on the shores of Santa Monica (as we did from 2000-2007) or on the…

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26
Jul, 2013
New York Times Ablaze

Dear Sir, If you are going to use your magnifying glass to burn holes in my copy of the Times, please make sure I have…

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22
Jul, 2013
Boys, at home.

Now that the boys are home again, it’s clear there are certain things I forgot in their absence. Thing number one: NEVER employ the smell…

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18
Jul, 2013
Trayvon and white boys.

I thought I had said everything I needed to. I spoke to the boys about Trayvon Martin when he was killed, and we’ve talked about…

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17
Jul, 2013
Gunge.

Bennett came home from camp one night this week — well, one morning actually. M met his delayed flight at two am. (Flying west during…

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11
Jul, 2013
Thursday Fun.

Someone in this family who is licensed to drive ran over the milk boxes and it was not me.

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9
Jul, 2013
Home.

I’m sure all boys don’t come home from camp with a few sticks of melted butter (an award, I gather) and nine wasp bites, but…

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4
Jul, 2013
Independance.

M says I am a self-hating American because I have generally insisted that the one rule we must follow on July 4th is to leave…

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