Memory keeper
When L. was first born, a dear older friend (and mom of five children!) gave me a blank notebook with calendar pages and told me I should write down all the funny/interesting/important happenings in...
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The judge gave me a stay of execution to make living arrangements for my nine-month-old daughter, Porshai. Then I had to report back to the courthouse to be transported to the Suffolk County House of...
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I remember when they took me to jail. They handcuffed me and put me in a patty wagon with other inmates. I ignored them; I was thinking about my daughter. When we reached the county jail, I was told...
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Gaps
I've been doing some mental "spring cleaning" lately, so try and bear with me through yet another meandering, contemplative post...read more
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I remember reading somewhere that the memories we tend to hold onto from our childhoods are either painfully traumatic ones, or amazingly memorable ones. As kids get older, they hold onto more and more...
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This past weekend we hosted the annual family Christmas gathering for Scott's side of the family, and we were lucky enough to have Scott's grandmother come from Texas to share in the festivities. She...
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It's always strange to go back to the little college town where I grew up. It's even stranger that I went to college in the same college town. When I walk to the little shopping center near my parents'...
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Flatbread pizza or, my ode to feta cheese
I've recently discovered the allure of flatbread--not the super-flat, cracker-like flatbread, but the doughy type that's more like naan bread. I prefer it over pita bread, which always seems so...
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On Monday I got to record a short bit about my grandmother's olive bread--for a segment on food memories that will air on The Story next week. It was fun to do, and even though I didn't get to say...
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