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when you stop talking, you learn things

I’m not sure why, but the last few days I’ve felt calmer than I can remember in years.  As last week taught me, sometimes you just have to sit back and let things happen to you without really knowing why and without trying to control them or freaking out about it.  Of course, you can [...]

girls just wanna eat and sleep

So it’s a girls’ weekend around here. This weekend is, apparently, the start of fishin’ season in Pennsylvania. I’ve run this factoid by a few of my Philly friends and gotten blank stares in response, but Brett is from them parts that actually know these dates and also get a day off of school at [...]

KID EATS CHEESEBURGER

Holy shit. I can’t remember the last time I posted. What I can remember, without looking back to read it, is that it was vaguely attempting to be wise and philosophical and probably a sappy goodbye to my teacher training. Enough about that.
What I can remember is that for the second week this [...]

sweet spot

We are 36 hours into the Nor’easter that is pummeling much of the East Coast and I don’t have any idea how bad it is anywhere else because I’ve kept going to work even though yesterday was Veteran’s Day and today was essential personnel only.  I am not essential but I have so much work [...]