I love, love, love the magazine Coastal Living. I have since the first time I saw it, all those years ago sitting in the most unexpected and unworthy of places, in a Chicago podiatrist’s office, surrounded by old ladies complaining of bunions, jocks sporting fresh injuries and everyone in between. It was like a glimmering […]
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I’ve Got Friends In Quiet Places
The year I graduated from college with a degree in secondary education, teaching positions were scarce in my area, so I ended up substitute teaching until I found a permanent position. If you’ve ever “subbed†at the high school level, you know that one of three things happens. 1. You become a pachyderm. 2. You […]
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My Elves Have Been Busy Of Late
Well, we haven’t gotten our craft on yet, on account of The Big Nasty being the houseguest clearly oblivious to his unwelcome status, but at least the boys have been able to craft it up a little at school this week. On the days they’ve been well enough to attend, at least. My younger son […]
Suspension
Two weeks ago tonight, I found myself standing with my feet in the Atlantic, the sound of the waves drowning out all other sounds, everything black save for the stars and the lights coming from the houses behind me. It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and we had just spent the better part of the […]
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Friday Updates
A. Religiously, my younger son has come home from school every day this week, shut his bedroom door for a while, and then emerged with more papers in this old pickle jar. The “papers†are our Christmas presents from him. B. As of Monday, our fridge is finally no longer leaking all over our floor […]
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Who’s Dissing Elf On The Shelf?
Last Friday, around dinner time, I found myself in Target. Yes, this is the glamorous island life I lead, spending my Friday nights driving off-island to the nearest big box stores in search of alluring sundry like vacuums. But there I was, given the rare opportunity to shop without one single small person. Netflix LCB […]