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Are you on this miserable list?

I awoke this morning to find that the next town over from me is on the list of “Most Miserable Towns in New Jersey.” (Luckily, we are not, since we are one of the coolest places on the planet). Is your town on the list? Click here to find out. If you don’t want to […]

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I think I kind of understand war now. Sort of.

I mostly draw a complete blank in trying to understand war. I think it’s because modern war is such a sanitized thing that it’s hard to understand why we rile ourselves up and press buttons to kill people thousands of miles away. I don’t get it. But The History Channel’s scripted show The Vikings helped […]

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Take away my driving privileges. Please.

The question I often ponder is: are people fundamentally good or fundamentally bad? My answer to that depends on the day. And whether or not I’m behind the wheel of a car. It is easy to judge others on the road. In fact, that’s my main sport while I’m driving. There goes the guy who […]

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A holiday party revelation

Many white men are in trouble. Wages for them have been flat for decades. They see challenges to their supremacy from women, from minorities. Gone are the days when there were enough good blue collarjobs to support a family in a decent middle-class life. The death rate for white men is increasing even as it […]

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A life imperfect

Every year, I write down what I want to achieve in the coming year and store it in the Notes on my phone. I read somewhere that it’s best to state resolutions as if they’d already happened or are in the process of happening. (So: “I write3 books,” not, “I will write 3 books.”). It’s […]

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Happy Winter Solstice

This is my solstice post from 2014. It bears re-posting on this winter solstice as well: Today is the shortest day of the year. It’s appropriately gray outside. The light is dim and anemic. I love this day. I begin to think about the winter solstice right around the time the leaves start to fall […]

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Protecting me from myself

I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but when it comes to doing things, I don’t have a great sense of what’s “boy” stuff and what’s “girl” stuff. It’s not like I’ve ever been an extreme rodeo cowboy or anything, but that if I want to do something, I don’t wonder if it’s socially acceptable […]

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The world spins

The phone rang this morning at 8:05 a.m.. It was a call timed as only someone who knows whenI drop off my children at school can time it, because he sometimes shares the chore. “Good morning,” I answered. “Good morning,” said my ex-husband. “You know I talk to you now more than I did when […]

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Ohmygod!

Oh my goodness! Fangirling in the extreme! I have found the thing I MUST have for Christmas, even if I have to buy it myself! These unite two of my favorite things: books and a well-appointed table. Click here!!! Book lovers of the world, unite!

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My holiday message to you

It was 2008. I had just taken a deep breath and told my story of being undocumented for the first time, in a piece published in Newsweek. I braced for the response, fearful of the backlash. What came first was an email from a woman in my town. She was in her eighties, and stood […]

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