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Tag Archives: Long Island
Pop Pops & Wood Shops
“Would you just hand a child a saw?” someone recently said, forget who, but all I could do was mentally address that rhetorical question, because 30+ years ago, I was handed a saw and taught how to cut wood by … Continue reading
The Best Postcard
I was eight years old when I sent Beverly Cleary a very long and urgent handwritten letter, wherein I patiently explained that she and her writing meant – well, absolutely EVERYTHING to me. In my very-best penmanship (which, if you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women
Tagged 1984, 2002, 2007, Alan Tiegreen, artists, Beverly Cleary, birthdays, fraternal twins, getting older, goddesses, growing old is not for sissies, Henry Huggins, horses, humid summer days, imagination, Kinko's, late bloomers, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Island, Louis Darling, Mitch and Amy, Nanny Posch, Passion, postcards, Reagan, Rebecca, Ribsy, spry, Walter Cleary
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A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade
I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women
Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps
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Along Came a Spider
I’m sitting in the office of my apartment as I type, and right in front of me is a huge window. I can hear the breeze rustling the leaves, and can see the effects as the branches bend. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women
Tagged 2:30 in the morning, 4:30 in the morning, apartments, autumn, bathtubs, cat perch, counting your blessings, Dexter, Long Island, screens, spiders, the woods, trains, trees, windows
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4 Tales of Rebellion In a Christian High School :o
Don’t drink, don’t smoke What do you do? ~ Adam Ant We were asked this many times, the students at South Shore Christian School, because despite some exceptions, for the most part, we didn’t drink, nor smoke (anything), nor even … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, Women
Tagged coke-babies.com, detention, Levittown, Long Island, Man-E-Faces, Masters of the Universe, math class, pop quiz, pranks, South Shore Christian School, Spanish class, SSCS, suspension, Taboo
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New York VERSUS Colorado!
Do NOT mock my pro/con lists! ~ Rory Gilmore So a few weeks ago, I revisited New York. My home state, the place I lived for nearly 36 years. It had been nearly two years since I’d been there. Thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Food, Friends, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women
Tagged altitude, Amendment 64, Atlantic Ocean, bagels, Benny Blanco's, Blue Moon, bridges, Chinese food, Colorado, commuting, Dabba Mints, Denver, Facebook, Hurricane Sandy, Josh, La Piazza, LNK, Long Island, Manitou Springs, Merrick, MMJ, mountains, Nassau, New York, obnoxious drivers, oceans, pizza, pro/con lists, Reefer Madness, Rockville Centre, Rocky Mountains, root beer, Rory Gilmore, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, Suffolk, Townhouse Lounge, vegetarian, Waldo Canyon fire, weed, wine
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New Air
When I moved to Colorado two years ago, one of the most healing things about it was the smell of the air. Though two years earlier, the altitude change made me feel sick in cold April, in warm May of … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women
Tagged altitude sickness, Colorado, Denver, John Denver, Long Island, Manitou Springs, New York, ocean, Rocky Mountain High
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