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The winter of the boot

At the beginning of the fall season I wasn’t sure I wanted to embrace the new “it” fashions. Sometimes, or most of the time, I don’t want to completely fall in lockstep with everyone else. The boot craze, however, got me. It’s funny, in a sad kind of way, but if you go to aContinue reading “The winter of the boot”

Teenage angst is overrated

There’s a book I want to read called Nightlight. It’s a parody of Twilight written by The Harvard Lampoon. How can one understand the parody or the satire though unless that person understands the subject behind the parody and satire? Therefore, for research and better understanding, I am listening to Twilight. Audiobook was the onlyContinue reading “Teenage angst is overrated”

Making progress

You might be proud of me when I say that I’m not even counting down the days until I can reconnect with my life social media. I don’t know how many days it’s been since Lent started and I don’t know how many I have to go, although I know the balance is heavily onContinue reading “Making progress”

Visiting the Supreme Court

(This turned out to be a novel so if you want the abridged version scroll down to the bottom of this post, after my signature.) It was a cold, damp morning. The girls and I caught the 8:45 bus in our neighborhood that dropped us off at the Pentagon Metro. Several stops and one trainContinue reading “Visiting the Supreme Court”

Who is this girl?

The girls had a dentist appointment the other day. Both have a somewhat justifiable fear of the tooth doctor. Reagan has already had pretty extensive work done and has some more work to be done in her future. Thank you, genes. It’s understandable that she would be nervous. When Ashlyn visited the dentist for theContinue reading “Who is this girl?”

Good Reads

Yes, I’m kind of stealing the title from a great website, Goodreads (where I am now tracking my books read and books to read). The multiple blizzards of January 2010 were a blessing in disguise in more ways than one. I think I read more in those snowed-in days than I did in all ofContinue reading “Good Reads”