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Magic Bus Ride

I was waiting for the bus not long ago, and I had a series of nearly blog-worthy moments come to … More

39 bus Boston, crying babies, Doberman, ghosting, reese's, white chocolate

Rumination DJ

My friend Jeff Driskell, a social work professor at Salem State University, recently gave a great TEDx talk called My Unique … More

disco, DJs, earworms, Jeff Driskell TED talk, TED talks

Muthahs

In 2015 I wrote a Mother’s Day post about finally getting over a Mother’s Day thing that happened when the … More

Mother's Day, Mother-in-law, teenager

After You

About one year ago I wrote about an incident that happened at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). It was a … More

Black, urban livign, White, white privilege

Fresh Legs

Mike and I have been going to our dance place since 2014. Other people commit to being CEO by 40, … More

80s music, Annie Lennox, disco music

What’s a Girl Gotta Do to Browse?

When I took that class a few months ago on white privilege and fighting racism, one of the reading assignments … More

algorithms, branding, Medium, Moosejaw, pandora

It’s a Classic

I’d walked by the small sign on a tiny side street in Boston’s Beacon Hill many times on my way … More

Beacon Hill, chamber music, classical music, Harvard Musical Association, Jimi Henrix, musiConnect, string quartets

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

I’m still haunted by the 52% of white women who voted for Trump. I’m being lumped in with them, and … More

Barry Gordy, Diana Ross, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jackson 5, Joe Louis, Marvin Gaye, Max Schmeling, Motown, Motown the musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, Smokey Robinson

Dear Tomato Plants: You’re a Heartbreaker, Dream Maker, Love Taker

If you have been following this blog for a few years, you know my travails with my tomato plants. And … More

gardening, gardening bugs, scourges, tomato plants

Phone Envy

Phone envy? Not. All I got for you this week is a photo I took a few weeks ago on … More

phones, riding the T

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