The Reluctant Grownup – Page 324 – Growing old gracelessly.

The Honeymoon Begins

There was sun, sand, surf, and copious amounts of seafood. Snorkeling, so much snorkeling that my teeth hurt from the snorkel and the tops of my feet were rubbed raw…

March 19, 2007

Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges), Travel

Changing the Metrics

In February of last year, on the last day of my trip to Rio de Janeiro, I had the entire day to myself. I spent the morning riding skycars up…

March 28, 2013

Wonder Women Posts

I Wonder What I Want To Do With My Life?

INSTRUCTIONS: Take one decade-changing birthday. Stir in two unexpected deaths in the family, one unfulfilling job, and enclosed spice sachet of a half-dozen passions that could never lead to paying…

November 24, 2008

Punishment

RG / December 6, 2005

My father is a terrible snoop. He revels in our inability to surprise him on holidays. He tear through closets and climb under beds, he will browse wallets for tell tale receipts and…

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How to Make Me Mad

RG / November 30, 2005

Here is a list of some of the surest ways to make me mad, in no particular order: 1. Chew up my guitar case and all my picks, and make me worry…

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Protected: O Come, All Ye Jobless

RG / November 29, 2005

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Counting my Blessings

RG / November 23, 2005

When my bankroll is gettin’ small I think of when I had none at all And I fall asleep counting my blessings . . . #1 – My mother – We may never…

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RG / November 21, 2005

In honor of my most recent theatre experience, now ended with much sighing (in relief, in sorrow, in the bittersweet state of mind when the transience of all things art and all things theatre and all things…

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