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Digression from Book Talk

When we were first starting out, of course, we were in our twenties, with the bodies and immune systems of oxen. We thought nothing of spending nights on peoples’ couches and floors and subsisting on peanut butter and jelly, coffee and pizza. After shows, we drove well past midnight and then rose in the morning and drove another eight hours to the next gig. Back then, touring seemed inevitable. We were here, we had wheels, there were roads, and there were venues. There were radio stations and local papers who would play our music and announce our shows and people would show up to watch us play. It didn’t occur to me for a long time that everything rested on our human bodies, and that these bodies were not after all, the bodies of oxen.

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Leapfrog

At the pediatrician’s, I’m trying to count the fish swimming in the aquarium. I think there are eight. There are a lot of impediments to counting, including a plastic statue…

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School Shootings and our Cultural Divide

Last Thursday at 2:15pm, I was bringing my son back to his school, as usual, after his violin lesson. Because of heightened security, because of school shootings, one now has…

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The Barn Project

Day Seven: No Barn for a Horse Now

I love Thanksgiving weekend. I love a four day weekend, and I love this time of year when the trees are naked but winter has not yet frozen the ground….

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Day 14 Final Thoughts on our London Adventure

Despite my best intentions of doing one more Cultural Thing That I Would Be Proud Of, my body screamed a resounding NO. I slept poorly last night: two separate bouts…

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Day 13-Camden Market

I continue to struggle with sleep. This morning, I just got up when my body wanted to–a brutal 5am–and did some yoga, meditation, ate breakfast, read the juicy NYTimes on…

Parenting/The Full Catastrophe

Days 10-12 En Paris

We meet at 3 I have coffee, you have tea cause you’re Such an Anglophile But I’d take Paris anytime… -Some band from the 90s. Points if you know the…

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Day 9: Speed-Dating the Museums of London

Seriously, that’s what it’s like. We zip in and zip out before the kids can start complaining. No, let me amend that: they complain before, during and after. So far,…

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Day 8-Liverpool!!!!!

It’s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But the fact that we never went there in the first place! So sayeth them bards of yore, Nerissa & Katryna…