The Reluctant Grownup – Page 161 – Growing old gracelessly.

Bitchin in the Kitchen, New Orleans

My Two Nemesese, the Skillet Basil Cream Chicken and Spatial Relations

The Prof sold one of our vehicles. I’m sure it was a long thought out decision for him, but my experience of this process was that one day we had a…

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May 22, 2016

Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges)

Lent

I was drawn to this article recently, as I pondered what to give up for Lent. Giving up for Lent was a thing I used to really get into, even…

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February 19, 2015

Dear Friends, Everyday Adventures

Live from the City of Angels

I’m writing this from a giant fluffy nest of pillows and futon in my room on the eleventh floor of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I’m here for a…

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September 3, 2016

Li Li

RG / October 10, 2010

My little Li Li, you are a treasure. You have the best little baby guffaw. Right now you’re whining at me from the exersaucer, though, so this will have to be short. You…

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Talking Quirks

RG / October 10, 2010

Tars instead of star. And everything is a starfish, even stars in the sky are “tarfish” Chockit and Swimmin’, said in a stratospherically high voice. Talking to “Weem” the way we talk to…

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Halcyon Days

RG / October 7, 2010

Having just paid approximately the value of one month’s utility bills in order to eat grease-covered vegetables at the undergraduate student center, I am now whiling away the last few seconds of my…

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Jiggity Jog

RG / October 5, 2010

Home again, after a weekend away to attend weddings which I may or may not have time to recap. The weekend, or the weddings. However, when we arrived, I did NOT have a…

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Allow Me to Indulge in a Rant, If You Would

RG / September 29, 2010

I have less than an hour before I have to leave to pick up my child, and I declare defeat. To attempt to work on my research in this small window of time…

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