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Have you ever tried cheese and crackers?
No, I haven’t been writing much. Not here. I’ve been acting. That’s my new hobby, something I started around this time last year. One reason that I…
Apr 16
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February 2024
That wasn't my vision, but I’m not unhappy about it
We’re in the season of school tours, which means trooping around buildings with a lot of other lightly bewildered parents of future kindergarteners. We…
Feb 1
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January 2024
My ultimate comeuppance for that particular bias
Many years ago I pitched a fun column idea to a magazine in which every month I would write about a dinner I ate, and then write observations beyond the…
Jan 9
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December 2023
I have never been so keen on anything
B turned 5 yesterday which felt unbelievable: Half a decade. That’s a long time, but feels so recent, in light of the clarity with which I still…
Dec 22, 2023
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Let me tell you, this has shattered my sense of self
Last week I learned that I might not be allergic to crustaceans, and let me tell you, this has shattered my sense of self. I’m not saying I’ve loved my…
Dec 14, 2023
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Some holiday motifs that I find a bit triggering
This time last year was the time I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As a result there are some holiday motifs that I find a bit triggering, as they…
Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
I, a subversive, am interested in the culprits
At the 11th hour on Halloween (5 pm), M (aged 2.5) decided that the blue ghost costume that her father had lovingly designed out of a hoodie and a…
Nov 9, 2023
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October 2023
They seemed to be so wealthy, and so loved!
School picture day is tomorrow, all of a sudden, moved from Friday because of inclement weather. A part of me feels like I should have some concerns…
Oct 3, 2023
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September 2023
The worst punishment he could imagine
How bleak our children would find our first days of school, no little chalkboards clutched in our hands with our career ambitions and favorite foods…
Sep 13, 2023
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August 2023
Had Britain changed, or had I?
Despite the supreme exhaustion of a red-eye flight with two children, my ears pricked up, Cusk-like, when I heard a flight attendant ask the people…
Aug 28, 2023
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July 2023
maybe with a note of accusation
Twice (so far) this summer I’ve found myself contemplating whether I’m a bad mother. Once was on our trip to Sesame Place, the Sesame Street-themed…
Jul 26, 2023
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News of a nice pool is a very nice gift
Is anything nicer than a nice pool? Today, Kira Cook, an LA-based writer who I’ve not yet met, but who gets that there is nothing nicer than a nice…
Jul 5, 2023
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