The Reluctant Grownup – Page 259 – Growing old gracelessly.

A meditation or two

On Mother’s Day I decide to go to Whole Foods to buy enough flowers to fill vases all through the house. I usually go there to buy a tiny $10.00…

May 20, 2023

Dear Friends, Drama Queen

Weekend Update

Oh, I love friends. These particular friends who came up this weekend, well I love them. We all had a great time, they loved the play, our house, my cooking…

February 27, 2007

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Almost three!

How can you be nearly three? It slays me. You recently learned to open the fridge, and to climb out of your bed without permission. You are still pretty fabulous…

February 13, 2011

Still Breathing

RG / February 28, 2008

The home computer is currently dead (YES!!! AWESOME!!! Unexpected expense # 243 for this year! So glad we have a savings . . . account . . . er . . . so…

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I Wonder What I Envy?

RG / February 26, 2008

Envy. It’s one of the seven deadly sins. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s fillintheblank, but who doesn’t? Who doesn’t look at that green green grass over there, and forget to notice her…

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A Glimpse Inside My Dreams, of Late

RG / February 25, 2008

I was being chased, along with my partner. We were in an enormous library with dozens of floors, each floor a different layout with hallways, reading rooms, study carrels. It should have been…

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Bad Dates

RG / February 22, 2008

By the way, if you haven’t checked out Wonder Women this week, do. Such a hilarious parade of bad date experiences is not something to be missed.

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A Pat on the Monkeyless Back

RG / February 21, 2008

We’re having a bonfire tonight. In it is going the huge old monkey that’s been on my back since the end of 2004. 2004 was the year that I finished up being…

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