Holidays and Celebrations
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Gobble Gobble
Dinner at 3. I make chipotle smashed sweet potatoes, which nobody likes. My mother calls the peppers chi-polt-ay beans, and we make merciless fun. After, poker chips and beer at the small round…
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A Letter to a Young Bride on the Event of Her Engagement
In this picturesque corner of Central Park, an earnest young man made my sister the happiest of women. The subterfuge and sneaky underhanded dealings required to get my sister to New York City,…
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Eh-Wa! Chup-up! Where Are You!
And with an abrupt and unpleasant Monday, we return to our regularly scheduled programming from a fabulous week at the beach with The Professor’s Parents and The Professor’s Sister and The Niece. I’ll…
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Memorial Day 2010
Memorial Day 2010 did not go as planned, but it was nevertheless a lovely weekend for all. Rain ruined the boys’ camping plans. We camp with my husband’s family every Memorial Day, and last…