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Sotomayor and Spelling: mothers as saints and sinners

  Daughters and mothers are making news.  Here is what Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said about her mother: There is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration -… I have often said that I am all I am because of her, and I am only half the woman she is. Not  a dry […]

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friendly and familiar

I just read this status message that was posted by one of my Facebook friends: Don’t you just hate it when you walk all the way to the other end of the house and into a room, but then totally forget what you were meant to be doing in that room.? Yes!  I hate that, […]

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kitchen confidential

As I said yesterday, I’m the opposite of Jane.   Although I love to feed people, I’m a total slacker—I avoid cooking whenever possible.  But even in MY house, the kitchen sees a lot of action when Daniel’s home.   It’s been used more in the last week than in the last 6 months.     His friends are always […]

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opposites attract

This morning on the phone, I was talking to Alli about my friend Myra Goodman’s amazing cookbook.   When suddenly  it struck me—I’m completely clueless in the kitchen— but some of my closest friends– are the total opposite.   And then a few hours later, life provided a perfect example : I’m in the car at 4:30.  I get a call from […]

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the honeymoon

I’ve had two marriages.  And two honeymoons.   Technically.  The first one was just overnight.  The second one, 3 nights.  So the length of time already makes this current honeymoon different. It’s been months and I’m still in the honeymoon phase when you pinch yourself to make yourself believe this is real and you’re not dreaming a […]

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The kitchen police

I love when either one of my kids is in town.    But something else comes with the territory whenever they come home.  They morph into the kitchen police. Alli walks in the door and immediately checks the expiration date stamped on every item in the refrigerator.  As if I’m planning to poison her.   (Okay, I admit she’s […]

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