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When Did I Become White?

I read this article that came through my public radio WBUR email. When Did You Become White?: The Question All … More

Janna Malamud Smith, public radio, WBUR, White privilige

Happy Hamster Holidays

The kid showed me this hamster from his Reddit feed. So adorable! How did they get him to do that? … More

cute hamster, holidays

Star Sand

I feel like all I’ve been doing for the past several weeks is writing about outside reality, and I really … More

Beaches, COVID, Don't travel for Thanksgiving, Sand

The Kid Knows a Few Things

The kid was not quite old enough to vote in 2016, much to his distress. When he was younger, I … More

ballots, Kids can teach you, learning about candidates, SUNY New Paltz, voting

Stardate 2008.8

With the encouragement of friends and family, I was able to get my tomato plants ( a record 6, thank … More

flowers, gardening, gardens, hummingbird, squirrels, tomato plants

CronaWatch 2020 Week XYZ

I just have few items this week because bloody hell, this week felt like walking through water. First, I am … More

butter, eggs Benedict, hula hoop, Jim Belushi, killer bees, murder hornets, SNL

CronaWatch 2020 Week X

So, I’m gonna go all cool and just use letters instead of numbers and incite Twitter and Facebook riots about … More

Esther Perel, family history, family stories, Quebec, Survinng coronavirus, Word War II

CronaWatch 2020 Week 6

OK, so remember last week how I said I couldn’t deal with continuing the TP imagery? Well I lied. I … More

coronavirus, Cracker Barrel, cream cheese, revere beach, Southbridge MA, Staples.com

CronaWatch 2020

I totally stole that from Bob Marley — the comedian, not the musician — and if you want to pronounce … More

annoying people, coronavirus, COVID, pantry recipes, toilet paper rationing

Nay-chuh, It’s What’s for Dinner

OK, before I go on, I want to explain the title. As I was thinking of “Nay-chuh” comma, what-else-do-I-say, an … More

coronavirus, nature, Spring

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