Category: Fun
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I spent four days last week immersed in work. It was mentally taxing, and by the time Thursday night came around, I had used up most of my mental capacity. I really needed the weekend to recover. Music is part of who we are as a family. When I went to college, my dad jokingly…
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When a friend who I haven’t seen in a while invited me for coffee, I said yes. Somewhere between the invitation and the event, coffee became Bunco. I had never played before. In fact, I knew nothing about it. But, I said yes. After all, it’s my year of saying yes. Because my friend asked…
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This isn’t this week’s post. I have that one drafted and waiting to be revised before my normal midweek posting time. But I needed to take a minute to share the happy energy that has been coursing through our house today. The Knicks won the NBA Championship for the first time in more than 50…
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I spent 13 years of my life driving into New York City. Because I grew up in Central PA, pretty far from any city, the thought that over a decade of my life was intimately connected to NYC, still awes me. Though my husband likes to joke that I’m now a Jersey girl, I’m not.…
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My Nana loved baseball. When I visited her house as a child, the sounds of the Baltimore Orioles filled the air, sometimes coming from the TV, but more often than not from her small, portable radio with its big black dials. At night the voices of the announcers, full of static, lulled me to sleep…
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When my husband was about 6 years old, his parents purchased a small vacation home on a lake in Vermont. Because my mother-in-law won a motor boat by getting the secret square on Hollywood Squares (that’s a fun story!), my husband started water skiing when he was young. More importantly, because the house was just…
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“Where is it?” I muttered to myself as I looked around the attic, mentally checking each pile of boxes. I had uncovered my teaching files, the kids’ early pictures, Tae Kwon Do trophies, and even my wedding basket. But the one box I wanted wasn’t appearing in my visual scan. I knew it was there.…
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There’s something special about seeing your teen become an adult – almost right before your eyes. This past weekend my husband and I travelled six hours to see our son in his new home. While I filled time in meetings with the parents’ council – and yes, of course I’m joining the collegiate version of…
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Imagine this: it’s 7 PM on a Friday night. A group of writers gathers to find out what they will be writing that night. Each takes a starting and ending line home to write a 15-20 minute scene that will become part of a larger play. By dawn, the scripts are complete. The next morning,…
Filling Time: TwinLife Empty-Nesting 