the life I picked

a bushel of gumption, an ounce of grace

rhubarb is IN

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A scant bushel of gigantic rhubarb from Jersey was first up this year– hey, no snickering, it is the Garden State for a reason, and though I still consider it all mostly a mystery, I did live there for 10 years. …

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mad men

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It is the series finale tonight of Mad Men, a show I have only seen in fits and starts. I won’t be viewing; it is on my to stream in marathon sessions list….

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a little life

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Home with a stomach bug last week, I was able to catch up on some of my stacks of reading. Still trying to decide whether to have a go at what sounds a very difficult book. One of those books that hurts but stays with you, that shifts your perspective, maybe just a notch on the sundial but so the light nonetheless looks different and the shadows shift. Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life.
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under construction

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Wow, a month short of a year since I wrote, Come back soon….for those of you who’ve been awaiting the grace interviews (Warren, are you there?), they are actually in process now. Hoping you’ll be reading the first before summer.

Stay tuned xo

 

a tribe of one’s own

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In the past few months two women I know used the word tribe to describe close community, or more narrowly that part of the community that one counts on and turns to,  whether for fun or crisis management. A select group. …

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sending March out

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With a roar, for sure. Not the weather though– all of us are roaring, trying to hasten the exit of this malingering winter.

How did we survive it, this epic, still-going-strong-past-the-equinox winter of 2014-15?…

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