Category Archives: Family In 1975 my best friend Richard and I were seventeen, and had great plans for our Christmas vacation. Our college applications all mailed out, we’d been saving money for months, Greyhound was offering an $80.00 ticket to travel anywhere in the USA for 30 days, and we were headed to Mexico City! I can’t believe […]  There’s a fine line between being a bad-ass and an embarrassment, and I find myself falling on the wrong side of that line a little too often. My whole life I’ve been a bit of a know-it-all, and I don’t mean in a good way. Though it’s awful to embarrass yourself, embarrassing your child is […]  Now that January is here, almost everyone we know is starting their annual diet. I cannot even count the number of diets I’ve started, some a complete and total failure almost immediately, some more manageable. Even thin people seem to think, worry and even obsess about their weight. And so for many people new year= […]  Shining My Flashlight on the Moon is the title of both a song, and a CD by Christine Lavin. That image even more than the lyrics, has stayed with me since I first encountered it. When I was nine I went to sleep-away camp for the first time. I spent the first week feeling […]  There are many traditions and foods considered lucky for the last supper of the year, including hoppin’ John, pork and sauerkraut, salt cod, and greens to name just a few. Many people will head out for a night of revelry and drunkenness, but we will stay home. My daughter and I always spend New Year’s […] |
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