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Somewhere, America: A Place to Call Home
October 7, 2009 – 3:38 pm | No Comment
Somewhere, America: A Place to Call Home

The Daily Beast has compiled a list of the smartest cities in the USA. We’ve lived together in one (half) of the metropoltian areas ranked in the top ten; I went to college in another; …

The Most Wonderful Place on Earth
October 6, 2009 – 5:57 am | 6 Comments
The Most Wonderful Place on Earth

Before my husband and I had children, my generous mother took us on a trip to Disneyland Paris. We live near London, so it was a simple train ride on the EuroStar to Disney. We …

Motherless Sourdough: Part I
October 5, 2009 – 10:39 pm | One Comment
Motherless Sourdough: Part I

Baking bread is one of life’s little alchemys I am only now beginning to probe. Baguettes need steam, bagels are boiled and sourdough, as I once understood it, requires a mother, or a beast or bitch …

What’s for Dinner: Table for One
October 5, 2009 – 5:54 pm | 2 Comments
What’s for Dinner: Table for One

What do you eat when you are all alone? My husband left town on Saturday and the first thing I did after I dropped him off at the aiport was go to the grocery store. I …

WL: I was looking for a job and then I found a job…
October 3, 2009 – 9:23 pm | No Comment
WL: I was looking for a job and then I found a job…

I regret having never been a paper boy. My first job was babysitting  – what a cliche – which I started when I was eleven. I was desperate for a hot pink walkman and strapped …

Write Livelihood: Part I, From the Beginning in the Middle of Things
October 1, 2009 – 9:05 am | No Comment
Write Livelihood: Part I, From the Beginning in the Middle of Things

It was late in the winter of ‘04 and my unemployment had just run out. My filthy Theravadan roomate got us booted from our apartment under the BQE so I moved in with my boyfriend on …

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