The boring lives of suburban wives

September 9, 2026
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If there were a category for "most boring reality show, The Double Lives of Suburban Wives would win, hands down. I don't watch ALL reality programming featuring women. But I have been a fan of the various Bravo "housewives" franchises, which enticed me to watch a few episodes of this show (on...
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8 Comments · Opinion

Nothing beats the Beats

August 2, 2013
I was just two years old when Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Lights bookstore in North Beach section of San Francisco. It was 1953 and no one could have...
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3 Comments · Blog, Travel

Girly-girl post in which I review beauty boxes for both men...

August 1, 2013
Disclosure: All opinions (good and bad) are my own. I received no compensation or free products for this post. Don't let me fool you: I am a girly-girl and anyone who...
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20 Comments · Blog, Reviews

A tale of tiger lilies, sunshine and the sweetness of frien

July 31, 2013
When it comes to friends, I've been really, really lucky. I don't connect with everyone--I like my friends to be a little on the crazy side. Oh, nothing that requires...
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10 Comments · Blog

Love’s bright & fragile glow

July 30, 2013
  If you’ve ever walked any distance with a pebble in your shoe you know what it’s like to be a political progressive born into a family of...
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2 Comments · Blog

Simple, Rustic Stone Fruit Upside-Down Cake

July 29, 2013
Summer's the season for sweet and juicy stone fruit, a delicious dessert all by itself. Our organic box had an abundance of plums and pluots last week, more than we...
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1 Comments · Recipes

Amsterdam: a true Dutch treat

July 28, 2013
It's the traveler's dilemma: return to favorite places or explore someplace new?  When a place enchants and charms ---I can think of so many--Rome, London, North...
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5 Comments · Travel

Secret box of dreams

July 27, 2013
  This is a secret box. Ok, a box like this can't be much of a secret, right? Maybe it's not a secret. But it's a place to hide our dreams, the ones...
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9 Comments · Blog

We get by with a little help

July 26, 2013
The Beatles also said it well: We get by with a little help from our friends. John Donne said No man is an island. And I'm fond of saying We're all in this...
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2 Comments · Blog

Of princes, fairy tales & mortality

July 25, 2013
Who doesn't love a good fairy tale?  Even as we grow up and realize how rarely they come true, most of us never lose our appreciation for the happy story, the...
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8 Comments · Blog

Everyone’s our teacher

July 24, 2013
  This is such a hard concept to learn, but such a useful one. The Divine sends us challenging people, difficult people, to help us learn, that's what I think,...
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3 Comments · Blog

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