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Emotional Education

I don’t do back-to school shopping any more—but I still sense the educational expectations and emotions that arise every September. The start of a school year summons up strong feelings. The first day photo op. Proud parents, sweet smiles, sharp pencils. (Do they still USE pencils?) For most parents, the feelings are positive:—Pride. Hope. Freedom. Sometimes the […]

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Bears watching

About a month ago I was in Aspen—raving about how great the food was. Well, it turns out I’m not the only one who noticed how well you can eat there. Maybe you saw this story I just read —about how the bears are coming down from the mountains into town, scrounging around for food. This one […]

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Dear Mom:

Happy birthday. This year marks a sad milestone—you’ve now been gone longer than you were here. Today you would be 83. And suddenly somehow, that doesn’t sound as old— especially now that I just reached a milestone myself. 60 seems impossibly old; just as 41 seemed impossibly young. When you died at 41, you left 3 teenage children— younger […]

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leftovers

Now that it’s September, my birthday season is almost over….except for the leftovers. Though I specificallly requested NO GIFTS , everyone seemed to think along similar lines—-with very high expectations of my capacity. Since it’s Labor Day weekend, I’m working on it. Hope you’re having a great weekend, too!

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Movie mix-up: double trouble

It was a tough week on several fronts and I needed some escapism: going to the movies. Violence is not my thing; and I haven’t seen a Quentin Tarantino film since Pulp Fiction. Even so, I wanted to see Inglorious Basterds, though I didn’t feel ready to take it on yet. So two nights ago V […]

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What every kid should know

The school year is starting; almost 2 million kids are heading off to college for the first time—-so there’s a predictable rash of articles on the internet. How to let go and say goodbye. 9 tips for sending off a college freshman. And the one I saw in the morning paper: What every kid should […]