Saturday in New York City, the sky was brilliant. Clear, crisp air whipped through concrete canyons, providing a perfect counterpoint to the hot sunshine. Viewed from above (at the top of Rockefeller Center), the city shone in the bright light. Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Hudson River, and tall buildings stretching almost to the [...]

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As I write this post, I’m sitting on a plane from New York City back to Atlanta. And not just anywhere on the plane. Charlie’s Frequent Flier status FINALLY paid off after 7 years, earning us an upgrade to first class. I’m still not used to having this much room on a plane. But I’m [...]

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What? Is it my birthday? Why yes. Yes, it is. Forty-three years ago, in 1967, I made my appearance. Yes, I was born into the era of black and white. And for some reason, now I want to call someone on the phone. When I was given to her, my mom said I looked Asian. [...]

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Today I’m sitting in my bed, but not because I’m sick. Actually I’m hiding. Listening to Snow Patrol and trying to write. From down the hall and through my locked door, I can hear what I’m hiding from. After exhausting every option for manipulating Mom into entertaining them, my kids have finally decided to go [...]

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Am I a bad lady? Clearly my middle child sometimes thinks so. I prefer to say I’m badA$$. But you be the judge. I’m guest posting over at Hey Look at Chicken today, with a story of international intrigue / badness / badA$$ness. Yes, I can be unpleasant in other languages too. It’s a gift. [...]

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Sometimes when too much time passes between my writing sessions, the creativity builds up like magma under an Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name. Then a day comes along when the creativity magma blasts a hole in the glacier of housework that I’m supposed to be doing, shooting shards of crazy into the atmosphere over [...]

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For goodness’ sake. For the sake of goodness. Because goodness deserves your attention… You really should visit the GOODNESS Blog Carnival on Bridget Chumbley’s One Word at a Time. *** Before I go on, I feel like I should say, “And now for something completely different…” In Jerusalem last week, we visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s [...]

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Me: Home from Israel since Friday morning. Overcoming jet lag. Watching cartoons with my kids. Photo: The Western Wall of the Herodian Temple in Jerusalem (the only part remaining after its destruction in 78 A.D.) The old man is an ultra-Orthodox Jew, preparing to pray beside the Wall. I haven’t forgotten y’all. I’ve got LOADS [...]

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Okay, so I’m in Israel. Which means I should be writing deep, meaningful, travelogue-ish, photo-filled posts about what I’m seeing and experiencing. Right? Well, you’re right. But a) I have 10 minutes; b) this is the first time I have high-speed internet; and c) Do you remember whose blog you’re reading? No really, I do [...]

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BUSYBUSYBUSYBUSY… Today I have to visit the Apple Store’s Genius Bar. Because my iPhone has delusions of grandeur. Yesterday, I woke up from a nap to discover that my pocket-size iPhone thinks it’s an iPad, or at least the size of one. The screen has somehow zoomed in so far that I can only view [...]

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