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Am I Reading Historical Fiction?
Wow! I just took a break to check my email and found this headline on Salon.com:North Carolina GOPers want an official state religion. All I could think of was the line from Cinderella, the TV...
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Why do I love Debbie Wasserman Schultz? Until we were so rudely gerrymandered apart, DWS was my representative. I loved to listen to her, follow her career, plan for her political future. But no, that...
View ArticleWe Can’t Blame it All on Race
I’ve been reading Hillary Clinton’s LivingHistory, the book she wrote about her life before she became Secretary of State. She was a superstar in her own right before she met Bill. Her intellect, on...
View ArticleTweets Fly on Their Own Wings
I’m so tired of the news cycle; it goes round and round and gets repeated ad nauseum. Sure Chris Christie’s too fat, so the press found out that he had lapband surgery. Will it make him a better...
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My Early Morning Headache
Unlocking Umami: From the Chicago TribuneWhen I picked up my Miami Herald from the driveway at five in the morning, I put it aside while I waited for enough daylight to come through the skylights to...
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The stars lined up (under a piece of meatloaf)
As long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with all things American Indian. From the first piece of jewelry my mother brought home from one of her trips to my obsessive collecting of parrot...
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Maybe I'd rather have a new car
My son and I have so much in common: curly hair, love of cars, love of his father (who happens to be my husband of almost 51 years) love of loud music, and love of computers, the smaller the better. No...
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East Coast vs. West Coast: food fights
It’s that time again in Miami. Out with the pastel nail polish, in with the dark. Light nail polish is fine in the summer all over the country, but not in Miami, when you have to peel and slice...
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Color coordinated........or not
So here I am, still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Today, and for the near future, it will be a new (old) career as a realtor. We recently moved to Florida City, the southernmost city...
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Must love…….dogs, children, husbands, life
Every morning we awaken at three, yes three AM, and take inventory. Mikey? He’s 15 years young and can’t make it up to the bed any more, but is curled up on a blanket in front of the sofa. We thank him...
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To FB or not to FB
So somewhere I saw the question about whether or not people would pay for Facebook if it were no longer free. And it got me thinking.Facebook is one of the few addictions that’s free, harmless, and...
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Why do people think they have rights over other people's lives?
Why did this happen to a brilliant high school senior? (click for link to article) What makes me say what I say? This one should be obvious to everyone who knows me and my family. We have been...
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Vacation: a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity...
We’re headed off to Long Key State Park for 11, count them eleven, days of…nothing, nada, peace, quiet. Where is Long Key State Park? It’s in the Florida Keys at mile marker 67.5. That means it’s about...
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Too Much Oatmeal and a Dirty Dog
There I sat with a little fluffy mostly white and very dirty, after only a week, dog. Another bath with flea shampoo was out of the question. Ditto for human shampoo, even baby shampoo.If shampoo is...
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Mangoes over Miami (or Eat Your Heart Out, America)
It’s that time again. You can tell by my nail polish. No French manicure for me. Only dark colors because I’m too lazy to wear gloves when I handle my beloved mangoes.I can’t tell a lie, I have been...
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Let Our Game Begin
This is my 10 year old granddaughter's dog for all of us. The ear is for the autistic community, the eye is the same color as hers, the tongue looks like our Mikey dog, and the rest is just to make us...
View ArticlePay it Forward
After staring at my computer screen from 5 AM until 5 PM yesterday and being visited at 3 AM by my worst enemy, the nasty migraine, I started to ask myself "Why?". My husband has been warning me for...
View ArticleStrange Bedfellows
When I get tired of MSNBC in the background, NPR gets louder. The other day, the discussion was about a new book, The Science of Good Cooking by Bridget Lancaster and Jack Bishop. Although my...
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Mother in Law
Back in 1966, when the doctor said “It’s a boy,” all I could think of was “Oh my God, I’m going to be a Mother in Law.” Why didn’t I ever picture myself as a Mother in Law?My mother’s definition of a...
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Maybe the world has really changed
Has the world changed? Where have all the thoughtful people gone? Is morality a dirty word? My husband gleefully said “I told you so.” His harping back to his small town roots where they used to leave...
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To eat like a child
Caesar salad at ten in the morning? Pizza and ice cream for breakfast on a cruise with Sarah? Key lime shakes at home? Finally figured that one out. Where would I be without my Vitamix?We laugh about...
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What is it about hair?
Is it only a girl thing? I don’t think so. Why are we so obsessed with our hair? All of you who grew up with the hair of the moment—shiny, straight, swingy, perfect, wow, were you lucky.Not me. I grew...
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A Dog is a Dog is a Dog--Not a People
I almost did it, made the mistake so many people make, and tried turning Wesley and Willie into a people. Nope…they are dogs. They think like dogs. They are not people, though they do out think me so...
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Mem'ries
Thanksgiving…This year we’re in Southwest Florida…perfect, not too hot, not too cold. But not too exciting—across the street from the cows, just the way I like it.The PARADE sure does evoke memories....
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