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The glare of the sun off the snow is intense. Thank God for polarized sunglasses. Still, within 20 minutes, I realize I have massively overdressed. My ski pants feel like a suit of armor on my legs, and my ski parka makes me feel like a giant potato baking and…
Continue readingEleven years ago today, I fell in love. I don’t know whether it was his beautiful brown eyes or his smile. Simon was his name. He won my heart over one February night in Hagerstown, Maryland. We got off to a bit of an inauspicious start that cold and dark…
Continue readingI took the whole day off. The whole day off that I wasn’t getting paid for because I didn’t have vacation days to use. At 8 a.m., the phone rang. “This is Home Depot, calling to let you know delivery will be between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.” “Okay, thanks,…
Continue readingA quote from a friend’s Facebook feed caught my eye this morning: So I’m at the Subaru dealer, by myself, getting some recall work done on Kelly’s car, and I’ve made an observation. There is a family of three (child is maybe 14) sitting across from me, all using their…
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