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Because I am getting married is short order, here is a (non-comprehensive) list of things I have learned in the years since my divorce: 1) How to fill the fancy lighters – it took me almost seven...
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I don’t write very much anymore. Some of this is due to the wacky nature of the last 12 months. Some of this is due simply to the fact that I have Less Time. I’ve tried to make up for the lack of...
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Last week, we were in Africa…which admittedly is something few people can say so glibly. Paul and I were travelling with eee and her partner, E, to a wedding outside of Johannesburg, and a quickie...
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But Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there, not even poverty, nor sudden money, nor the moonlight, nor right and wrong nor the breathing of someone who lay beside you...
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Around the time of my birthday, I decided that I was Done With Wearing Makeup, and I was going to revert to my natural state, which was that of a geriatric, fresh-faced Alpine woman. My “personal...
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When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with helper dogs: Seeing-eye dogs. Therapy dogs. Service dogs. I had this sense that helper dogs like Labradors, and Golden Retrievers, and other such majestic,...
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This is the fifth in a brief series of posts. Here are the first, second, and third, and fourth. It is May. An old friend comes to town and asks me to dinner. It is one week until my surgery date....
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This is the sixth in a brief series of posts. Here are the first, second, and third, fourth, and fifth. It is mid-May. Jade is originally meant to stay for a week, but she stays for ten days instead. I...
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This is the seventh in a brief series of posts. Here are the first, second, and third, fourth, fifth and sixth. We have made it to the end of May. I am still on crutches, but I am not yet losing my...
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This is the eighth (and final) piece in a brief series of posts. Here are the first, second, and third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. By mid-June, I am feeling crazed by Not Knowing whether I have...
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