The Reluctant Grownup – Page 266 – Growing old gracelessly.

Another Trip!

We just came home from our last trip – this time to visit the in-laws. Like before, we all were particularly careful with quarantining before the trip, and all got…

August 15, 2020

Categorizing Things is Overrated

January 11, 2026

From my facebook page: I’ve shared before that in my early twenties I dated a man for years who would punch me in the temple with a closed fist when…

January 11, 2026

Holidays and Celebrations

Resolutions

These are my 2013 resolutions: 1. I am not resolving to keep up my morning yoga. Not one bit. Since every year I resolve to keep it up, I end…

December 31, 2012

I Wonder If They Call Me . . .

RG / January 16, 2008

Let me tell you how I see myself. I am a free spirit. I wrote out a list of why I think of myself this way, but it turned into an ILOVEME session,…

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Bossy

RG / January 14, 2008

I decided to grocery shop on my lunch break. It’s always fun to do the first shop after the man has left you – you get to buy all the stuff he doesn’t…

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Sad Sunday, Long Monday

RG / January 14, 2008

**Yesterday** Only a few more hours til I put the man on a plane. We’re both listless. There are things to do around the house – empty the trash, brush the animals,…

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Ode to Neti

RG / January 11, 2008

By Leucantha’s request – an ode to the neti pot. Ode to Neti My suffering acute, my concrete nose And drip, post-nasal, keeps me from my rest. My babe-filled womb expanding…

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That'll Be Plenty Hundred Dollars Please

RG / January 10, 2008

Thank you for calling the Brazilian embassy. For 2008, the cost of a tourist visa is $100. The cost of a student visa is $150. The cost of a . . . <extended…

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