The Reluctant Grownup – Page 50 – Growing old gracelessly.

Year in Review, and New Years’ Resolutions, 2019

1. What did I do in 2018 that I’ve never done before? Kayaked the Medina River. Turned a two digit age with a 4 in the first digit. Went to…

January 4, 2019

Holidays and Celebrations

The Great Lookback

1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? I second chaired a trial. Bench trial (meaning just judge, no jury), but still – it was pretty…

December 31, 2013

Everyday Adventures

Plano is Plain-o

Woo! Word play! I’m in Plano for the week, at a conference. I’m staying in a depressing extended stay hotel, which reminds me of my 2011 summer at my firm,…

May 9, 2013

Reaching for the Christmas Spirit

RG / December 3, 2016

My mood these days remains uneven, as I deal with the anxiety brought on by the election. So many people at risk now, both from foreign and domestic policy. I feel like the…

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Thanksgiving Short Week Meal Planning

RG / November 23, 2016

The Prof and I are busy busy busy ’round the house this weekend. Hanging a few pix, painting a table, cleaning out the boys’ toys, switching the summer and winter clothes. It is…

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Monday Morning Meal/Takeover the World Planning

RG / November 14, 2016

Oh well, we had as good a weekend as can be expected after a white supremacist anti-Semite was chosen to be Trump’s chief strategist, and it was revealed that Trump didn’t know he…

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Hot Air

RG / November 12, 2016

I’m not sleeping. It’s taken me several years to find my rage. As Madeleine Albright famously said – “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I…

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Halloween 2016

RG / November 6, 2016

We had a really fun Halloween. As promised, my parents came to stay with us the day before. All Saints Day is traditionally a huge holiday here, meaning lots of people go to church…

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