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The boys and I, we’re scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel. Or, to change the metaphor, we’re in the warm flat sea of the [...]
August 30, 2013
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Dear Mr. Smarty-Pants, Today is a good a time as any, the last day of your seventh grade year, to get clear on a few things. I’d like to [...]
June 14, 2013
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It’s been a week or so since my awesome stylist relieved me of about three inches of hair, taking my ‘do from below shoulder-length [...]
May 12, 2013
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I used to roller skate a bunch when I was in elementary school, fourth and fifth and sixth grade. It was the social thing to do, a Saturday [...]
April 29, 2013
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Yesterday I was driving through Berkeley with my husband and son and we stopped at the light at Shattuck and Haste. To our right, in front of the [...]
April 24, 2013
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Last week my kids were on spring break, and on Thursday, just to get outside and away from the various electronic devices scattered around our [...]
April 20, 2013
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A friend and I were hanging out at her shop, Ruby’s Garden, the other day, lounging on the big red couch and chatting about whether [...]
October 5, 2012
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Louise Fitzhugh‘s Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite books when I was about the title character’s age – that is, 11. [...]
September 30, 2012
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I live in a cohousing community, and have for 12 years. My husband and I, along with five other families, bought the property, developed it, and [...]
September 29, 2012
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I was not one of those little girls who dreamed about her wedding and had the names of all her kids picked out by the time she was 10. In fact, I [...]
September 26, 2012