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in loving memory of Marianne Alfred

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Simon’s mother passed away suddenly on Sunday evening. She was an astonishingly brave woman, having battled a number of serious health conditions throughout her life. This is a photo I took while Simon’s parents were visiting us in California. The three of them just happened to turn up in yellow, which made for a perfect [...]

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toronto welcomes us again

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Well, we are officially back in Toronto! I have been slow to write because I’m still recovering from our journey: the claustrophobic quarters, the ice chunks on my fingers, the daily Elsie freak outs, you know. The reverberations are deep. Because let me just say, The Little Beauty has lungs and opinions stronger than mine. [...]

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road trip day four: fantabulous driving

Thursday, December 18, 2008

For the week of December 14-20: WHAT I’M READING: Malcolm Gladwell’s The Outliers. Very interesting study of who makes it big and why. WHAT SIMON’S READING: He’s not reading anything because we had this romantic notion that I would read The Outliers to him on the road. That was before we packed the car so [...]

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road trip day three: a family of rebels

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Perhaps we have reached a new low on our third day of driving. You decide. It goes something like this: two adults who clearly didn’t do enough rebelling when they were teenagers leave their daughter’s dirty diaper in a Santa Fe parking lot. They consider marking their entire journey in this manner. Littering the nation [...]

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sweet sentimentality

Saturday, May 10, 2008

I had a sad few hours yesterday. (Yes, this is a recurring theme with me.) My parents went home and left me here in Riverside. I couldn’t even give them a proper goodbye ’cause I had to pee so bad. But never mind that. Here’s what’s particularly painful to me these days: you can’t hold [...]

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a family dialogue

Friday, May 9, 2008

Daughter: “Where should we go?” Dad: “Somewhere with good coffee.” Mom: “Are we bringing books or are we relating to each other?” Dad: “It never hurts to have a book.” Davey humor.

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