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School Pictures
The calendar reminds me it's time for school pictures this week. I take a deep breath because our family has a bit of a history here. With technology's advances, photos are as ubiquitous as sunlight or, say, leggings on a college girl. Selfie actually became a...
Objects in Mirror
Time is marching on and I'm feeling that familiar pressure to forcefully cram lovingly impart all my Wisdom to my son before he's on his own. A week has gone by and I have made exactly none of the healthy, good-for-you recipes from Pinterest I vowed to try. The...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Back when my children were toddlers underfoot, there were many days when I heard a constant stream of alternating chatter, screaming, laughing, whining, crying, and singing. Back then, Barney and Dora played incessantly as the soundtrack of my life. I fielded endless...
Space Coast
These cold February days have me day dreaming about my Floridian childhood. Most of my formative years were spent on Florida's Space Coast, the stomping ground of Major Nelson and Jeannie from the 1970's I Dream of Jeannie show. We lived just a few blocks from the...
In the Hood
In the spring of 2013, the KKK held a rally in Memphis protesting the renaming of some parks named for Confederate notables. This lingering blight of racism is one of the few things I dislike about where I live, but fortunately I usually only encounter it in small...
Sight-Seeing
A couple of years ago we took a trip to New York City. We got a great guide book, marked off the tourist spots we wanted to see, made some reservations, and set off, intrepid travelers full of expectation. And expectations were met. After JFK spewed us from its...