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Care to Camo
It’s a weekend for sales. It’s a weekend for barbeque. And it’s a weekend to remember our fallen soldiers; only this time instead of waxing on about our military might, and the bravery exhibited by...
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What’s in a Purse?
In “Purse Politics; Tote and Vote,” the NYTimes thought it might be fun to do a puff piece on what women Senate and Congress members carry with them all the time. And thanks to Jezebel, I found it! Sen...
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What’s the Story Morning Glory
“Hello Mrs Miller, this is Harvey Johnson can I speak to Debra Sue?” Did you hear about Hugo and Kim; did they really get pinned? And are you guessing where I’m going? No, Bob and I did not play in Bye...
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Imagine
Imagine a time when women were addressed by their husband’s name, Mrs Andrew Ford for example. Imagine a time when we couldn’t vote, or inherit property. I know, it’s hard for us to imagine all this,...
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Life in the Fast Lane
I’m on the road again. It’s a brutal ride in one day to Nashville, filled with trucks, billboards, country music, and this time I brought an audiobook along for fun. Inspired by our trip to see Gatsby...
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Spring So Far
I was going to do a six-worded, pictorial memoir of Spring so far, but there’s just too much going on right now. No, it’s not a shoe sale at Scarpa, or a fox sighting. Although Bob did spot a juvenile...
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Inglorious Food
Let’s talk about race. Or actually, let’s just watch a woman who came from nothing, who admitted to suffering from agoraphobia after her husband left her with two sons to raise, a woman who presumably...
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#LoveisLove
I’m in love with two women. There, I said it. One is a widow, 83 years old, who studied mathematics and worked at IBM, and the other is a single mom, 50 years old, who graduated from Harvard law...
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About That Glowing Marble
My fearless editor of Tangerine Tango asked a question on her Facebook page. Lisa Winkler said, “The cicadas are gone. What world will they find in 17 years?” Now I wouldn’t blame you for missing that...
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Independence Day
We always stay put on the 4th of July weekend. One reason is because the new residents have just started their intern year and need supervising. This has been true for centuries, if not for most of our...
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Have a Heart
I admit it. I love Bonnie Raitt, she of the slide guitar and flaming red hair. Last summer we saw her at the Pavillion on the Historic Downtown Mall. Her voice is just as good, if not better and her...
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A Gift Horse
What’s that old saying; “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth?” Maybe you’re too young to have heard it, but it means be grateful for whatever someone hands you. In the days before Oprah was giving...
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A Day Late
One day after the anniversary of the 50th March on Washington for civil rights, I am struck by a few things. At the foot of the greatest living Republican President, Lincoln not Reagan, not a single...
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Shock
This morning it’s overcast and calm. Only the first ridge of mountain is poking up between the clouds. Not like yesterday, when we woke to a clear day and another mass shooting, this time closer to...
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You Say I Do
And I say “Hell no!” My indignation this morning has nothing to do with the five, count ‘em, 5 weddings we’ve been invited to this year. I’m actually glad our friend’s children and our children’s...
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Side Projects
My son the Rocker and his sweetheart Ms Cait were here over the weekend. We defied Gravity in IMAX 3D, then descended over 100 feet to another eerie landscape in the caverns of Luray, VA. I pretty...
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A Sigh is Just a Sigh
It’s still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die Guess what? The world does NOT always welcome lovers, as Louis Armstrong so gallantly sang in Casablanca. Remember the 1st...
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What’s in a Meme
Happy New Year everyone! Tonight I will dress to the nines and attend yet another hospital gala, and believe you me I’ve seen many a silent night auction come and go. Someone will get falling down...
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Plausible Deniability
Anybody who ever watched West Wing, or for that matter served in government in any capacity, knows the term “plausible deniability.” It’s when that trusted inner circle keeps something treacherous,...
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For Art’s Sake
There’s good news and there’s bad news this week. On the good side – Our do-nothing-Congress has passed a 1+ Trillion dollar budget deal that should keep our government humming along for the next nine...
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