What did you do in the class wars, Mommy?
October 16, 2011
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
When I was a junior in high school, everyone in the honors history class had to write a term-long in-depth research paper. Always someone to bite way more than she could chew, I picked “The 60s” as a topic (a wee bit unfocused, no?).
Really what I was interested in was the cool-looking...
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Nine eleven
September 11, 2011
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
Everyone remembers the beauty of the day. Everyone’s story starts that way. If you were anywhere in the northeastern United States, you remember the crystal blue, the perfectly dry sunniness.
I was taking secondborn to his first day of preschool. Normally I am not sentimental about milestones,...
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“What has happened to middle class America?”
July 11, 2011
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
This piece in the Times pretty much freaked out my weekend, or at least my Saturday: Job Growth Falters, Clouding Hope for Recovery.
Scary stuff, for us personally but also for everyone (well, not you top 1% earners, y’all just carry on).
One of the things I’m interested in is the way it’s...
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Now Our Lives Are Changing Fast
July 04, 2011
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
These days my kids are both listening to Arcade Fire—you know, the indie Canadian band that stole the Album of the Year Grammy out from under Eminem and Lady Gaga.
Normally I’d be proud of them for their alternative leanings, but AF’s latest album, The Suburbs, cuts too close for me,...
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Couple killed after visiting all 50 states
June 05, 2011
Filed in: The Way We Live Now
I’m not going to be gross and try in any way to connect my experience with this story, other than to say my hair stood on end when I read the headline, and this couple has been in my thoughts these past few days. I love that they were out there in the world and on the road in their 70s....
