It’s not about Gourmet. Well, not exactly…
November 03, 2009
Filed in: The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
So yeah, The 50th State is about my quest to get to all 50 states before my now rapidly approaching fiftieth birthday. But it’s also about what middle-class midlife looks and feels like in America right now. Which is rougher than Kachemak Bay when the wind is whipped up; more offputting than North...
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Tracy and Teddy and The Boston Globe
September 23, 2009
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
A couple of weeks ago, I did something I haven’t done for ages and ages – sat down and read The Boston Globe from cover to cover.
It was a dark Saturday morning, pouring rain from the edge of some tropical depression or another (Bill? Dennis?) that was passing by. Ted Kennedy had already had...
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Known Ho and Social Climber
September 22, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
No, this isn’t a Swellville entry, tho’ Lord knows there are plenty of both in the world’s most perfect town (hos and social climbers, I mean).
No, the title of this entry is an homage to one of my favoritest pieces in the Fall 2008 issue of Brain,Child Magazine, parts of which (but not all)...
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Thirty-six months to go!
August 21, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
Today’s my birfdee. Whee. I have to confess, I’m not the happiest camper these days, not about anything in my tiny overprivileged life. But! That’s okay, ‘cause I’m 47 now, and if there’s one thing a 47-year-old knows, it’s not to be afraid of the downs. Just another piece of the puzzle.
Do you...
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Fear Factor
June 25, 2008
Filed in: Alaska, The Home Front, The Middle Ages
I’m not really thinking of what’s happening tomorrow morning as a vacation. Adventure, yes. Trip-of-a-lifetime, yes. But vacation?
To our little family, vacation means plunking down a hunk of money for a house somewhere nice, then parking our butts in front of whatever nicest body of water is...