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Author’s note: This was written last Saturday, before the Case of the Missing Suitcase. It was never posted because I hadn’t had the chance to proofread it before everything happened. So here it is, a week later. Working backwards, here’s the itinerary from Summer 2022. Down south (August 9-10). Okay, techically, that’s in the future,Continue reading “Summer Playlist”

It’s been a long time since I’ve written regularly or at all, actually. There are so many reasons to avoid writing about life: it’s difficult to find the minutes between deciphering regression results, washing sheets, and serving as social secretary and chauffeur; it’s, um, awkward to write about people aged 13-15 who have zero interestContinue reading “Catching this Messy Ball of Yarn”

This is overdue, but starting the holiday season began with our first trip to Seymour in two years. Here are our highlights from the trip, which concluded with a sprinter spontaneous stopover in DCL for a snowy dinner with Dad and Mary Ellen at Uno. I was also thankful to have our new, big-enough carContinue reading “Thankful in Indiana”

6 drop offs/pick ups for school 3 hours engaged in said school runs 1 car dead 2 ubers ordered 6 hours waiting in the Glen Echo parking lot for the car to be revived 1 towtruck called 2 minutes needed to tow the car up the hill and across the street to the service stationContinue reading “Monday: My Day by the Numbers”

Right near Santa Cruz is a long stretch of beach in a curved moon bay. It is practically our very own, both by tradition (Mom and Doug have rented the house many times these past few years, even leaving beach towels behind to hold our place) and by dearth of visitors. We can sit onContinue reading “Aptos, The People”

This is the first day in the world, or any world I know, without Auntie Carol. I wouldn’t think I could even write something about this except that Rory and Mom both posted something on Facebook yesterday with the news, and if they can say something, so can I. I think the hesitation is thatContinue reading “Farewell Auntie Carol”