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I don’t believe that anything I’m going to write about here is unique to me. But I haven’t read a lot about it, which is why I want to write this. In February, I turned 50. And leading up to… Read moreTurn and Face the Strange Ch-ch-changes
You know the maxim. Put your own mask on first. Often, though, that’s easier said than done. Because the other mask is needed so urgently, and so persistently, that it’s easy to forget that you even have one of your… Read moreYour Own Oxygen Mask
Happy Birthday, Baguette! No dancing on the table.
Or, What We Did On Our Birthday Vacation Thursday (our birthday weekends start early, by necessity) Tour a school that we might want Baguette to attend next year. Decide that we do not want Baguette to attend that school (it… Read moreAnatomy of a Birthday Weekend
Last Friday was my birthday, but I didn’t really plan anything, so Mr. Sandwich and I took today off. Baguette stayed in day care, which means: GROWN-UP DAY!!! Which, naturally, we spent watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians… Read moreGrown-Up Day
My 45th birthday is coming up, and while I don’t think that 45 is any kind of a milestone at all, I wanted a way to mark the occasion. So between now (January 8) and my birthday (February 6), I’m… Read more45 Good Things
That’s what Baguette whispered to Mr. Sandwich this morning. Here’s how he’s spending the day.
Forty-two Thirty-two (I really should check my math more carefully) years ago today, MTV was born. I first encountered it in 1983, when we moved to Texas. We didn’t have cable in Maryland, where we’d lived previously, and as it… Read moreHappy Birthday, MTV. You Murderer.
Three years ago, a little girl entered our lives and changed our world forever.
Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. She would have been 75. She should be 75. She should be here to see Baguette grow, and hear stories about what we’re doing, and pay long visits in which we’d spend time cooking together… Read moreTraditions: Chinese Food