Archive for September, 2009
EEEK. Creatures Great and Small
Friday, September 25th, 2009I hate mice. I hate them the way other people hate bugs and snakes. We have mice. Dead ones. Live ones. Sneaky ones. Creepy ones. I told my husband four months ago that something wasn’t right when I found piles of our dog’s food on the stairs to our basement. Then I found a horde […]
Suburban Outlaws Everywhere
Sunday, September 20th, 2009I’ve just returned from Atlanta, GA speaking to a group called the Brandeis National Committee about “HOW TO GET AN EDGE: FIND THE SUBURBAN OUTLAW IN YOU.” This is a wonderful organization whose mission it to support the library of Brandeis University and at the same time foster life-long learning for its members in about […]
Deer House: As seen on www.herrochester.com
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Last week, the last week of summer, we closed up my parents’ country home for the last time. We packed our car with their accumulated collections, divvied up between siblings and my Mom, and drove away. Each summer there is an end, Labor Day rolls around, hectic school schedules begin, and before you know it, […]
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