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Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
Day 7-Abbey Road
The rest of the trip could have sucked, and because of this, I still would have been glad for every penny and pound we spent. We did NOT stop traffic,…
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Nields
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
The rest of the trip could have sucked, and because of this, I still would have been glad for every penny and pound we spent. We did NOT stop traffic,…
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Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
Yes! Things are looking up. It helps immensely to have our friends from Northampton with us. They are cheery, intrepid travelers, eager and enthusiastic. These are qualities lacking in some…
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
It rained Saturday, so no Abbey Road. Instead, we trudged along Portobello Road, buying umbrellas and crepes. I searched in vain for a fab jacket, but nothing. It’s cold here!…
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
This trip is my 50th birthday present to myself. And I feel so ashamed about that right now. I have a long list of places I wanted to see–Tate Modern,…
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
Day two was a kind of half a day. We arrived at some crazy early hour, sleep-walked through a customs line that snaked fifteen times across Heathrow. When we stumbled…
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Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
Suzuki
To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on…
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
Suzuki
Tomorrow is the official Day Without Women.We are encouraged to wear red, to abstain from shopping and to tell our bosses to try to live without us. My bosses are my…
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
October has been a veritable study in fear and anxiety. As I wrote last month, it started with a diagnosis of melanoma in situ–a creepy black spot on my leg….
Parenting/The Full Catastrophe
The Big Idea
Writing Process
…Death kept following, tracking us down At least I heard your bluebird sing Now somebody’s got to show their hand Time is an enemy I know you’re long gone; I…