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Buying time and other shopping

She read once that people who buy books aren't really buying books. They are buying the time to read. Huh. That sparked some thinking: if she's buying time with her many book purchases, what else is she buying? Cleaning products with the intention of making the house ready for visitors... Continue reading

Posted Mar 14, 2024 at serendipity

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Reeling in the years

Dear 2023, I had hopes for you. Not big hopes. Not high hopes. Just a solemn wish for things to be a little better than the past few years have been. I'm not blaming the pandemic, things were tough before it tried to take over the world. But you should... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2023 at serendipity

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Things she left behind

Love letters An unsent suicide note Her squishmallow A happy buddha statue An elephant side table Her kalimba and tamborine The Clavinova Pounds of sheet music VHS tapes and DVDs of lifelong favorites CDs - Meticulously organized Vinyl - Less meticulously organized Vicodin Transcriptions of phone calls Dozens of micro-cassettes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2022 at serendipity

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Margaret Corinne Vail Raas Kacsmar

July 17, 1944 - March 7, 2022 Of all the things that threatened her health, cancer was the one we didn't see coming. This picture is how I want to remember her. Smart, pretty, pensive, clever, and ridiculously talented. She gave me her eyes, her eyebrows (which took me years... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2022 at serendipity

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They say that every group has an asshole. If you're in a group, and you don't know who the asshole is, it's probably you." -They Truer words were never spoken in my opinion, especially when it comes to group travel. There's always one guy. And I say "guy" loosely, because... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2021 at serendipity

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Your Wish is Granted

A Teenager's Timeline to Home Schooling, Courtesy of COVID-19 Every week (sometimes every day), driving to school, before the virus: "I hate this place! I hate everything about it! I hate everyone here! Can I stay home? Mom! Let me stay home! I can do home-schooling!" The week before "shelter... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2020 at serendipity

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Falling in Love Again

Our first Labrador was Tanite. She was black, British, beautiful and way too smart. She would do complex math equations, calculating wind speed and tides, to figure out how to retrieve the ball from the water with the least amount of wetness. She could swim of course, but she preferred... Continue reading

Posted Mar 14, 2018 at serendipity

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The Kindness of Grandmothers

Whenever I pass someone on my dog-walking path, I always remove my earphones, and if we start talking I remove my glasses. Not everyone says hello, but many do and I don't want to miss any of them. Whether it comes as a simple head nod or actual words, that... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2017 at serendipity

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As much as it may seem ridiculous, I have to admit that I've seen a couple of strange things that make me unable to say for sure that ghosts don't exist. How's that for a straight answer? A story: when we moved to Pacific Heights we moved into a nice... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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Juju crashes in denver

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Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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Escape from Birmingham

I’m on the last leg home, Denver to San Francisco, and we are in the back of the plane with the other parolees, er parents. There are at least 4 infants and a dozen kids under the age of 8. Most of them are behaving well, except for the little... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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It's been interesting, but now I'm done

This photo is from my college, aka "vixen" (thanks Byrne) days when I was 19. It shows that at one point in my life I knew a little bit about makeup. I seem to have lost that knowledge (along with so many other things) over the years... This trip down... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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A couple of months ago I attended a party with a bunch of people I don't know very well. As I was surveying the crowd, I was struck by a woman who was clearly a transvestite. She had on the slinkiest, ugliest and shortest skirt in the room and sadly,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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Memaw, dad and me Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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Hotel Mirror There was something interesting to me about the way the mirror divided up Juju and me - it's almost like we aren't in the same room together when in fact we are 3 feet apart. Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity

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Who's that girl?

Karen_blonde Byrne asked, the photo was on Xav's desk and my scanner actually worked. Let's take a trip back to the '80s! Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity

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The tooth fairy strikes again

(From July 2005) Cassandre has had one really wiggly tooth for months now. Finally today it came out - in a flourish of blood in the bread of her sandwich (so gross). It immediately fell into the grass at YMCA camp. One of her counselors searched for it on his... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity

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trials of the tooth fairy

(From June 2005) Cassandre has lost another front tooth. I need to take a photo of her because she is the poster girl for seven year old girls. Long messy hair, wearing only skirts and shirts that show her belly, fake tattoos, gel glitter and now a big gaping smile.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity

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The tooth fairy cometh

(from 2005) I am so screwed. If you remember, a couple of weeks ago Cassandre asked me if the tooth fairy was real. Not having received a clear answer from me, she decided to do a test. Yesterday her front tooth fell out at school. She put it in her... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity

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When it's ok to let go

The first thing they teach you in lifeguard school is that there is nothing more dangerous than a drowning person. A drowning person can only think of one thing: survival, and if they have to make you go under the water for them to go up in the air, well... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity

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The Story of Gringo

The first time I saw him it was nearly dusk. He was tied to a house pier at the far corner of the yard. He was sobbing. I remember, it broke my heart. I didn't know him, didn't expect to see him and even though my girls begged to pet... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2016 at serendipity

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This is Not a Test

She's been taking test flights out of the nest ever since she was 10. Want to be an exchange student on another continent in 5th grade? "Yes." Want to fly - alone - to France - to visit family - alone - in 7th grade? "Yes." Did I mention you'd... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2016 at serendipity

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I'm the perfect house sitter, although no one ever asks me to do it. My perfection stems not from a good and reliable character, although I think I have some of that, but more from not wanting to know too much about my friends. In short, I don't snoop. I... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2015 at serendipity

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The List (Everything Happens at Once)

1. Ensure that everyone who is supposed to deliver important assisting equipment to my mother's apartment, does. Again. For the third time. Because three's the charm and the first two times they came they got it 50% wrong. How does someone get a 4-item list 50% wrong TWICE? 2. Ensure... Continue reading

Posted Mar 2, 2015 at serendipity

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My mother's recent hospital stay, for a severe allergic reaction and medication interaction, was nothing short of terrifying. She was so far from acting like herself that at times I wondered if she would ever be herself again. Things are better now, but she is still not what I would... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2015 at serendipity

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