Category Archives: A life less ordinary
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Rebuilding my village
2October 21, 2009 by 8junebugs
The anniversary of Mom’s death is approaching, and I find myself in a very contemplative and emotional place most of …
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Two women, three kitties, and a love story
4October 13, 2009 by 8junebugs
Well. It’s not really my love story to tell. For that, I refer you to The Story. (Just so you …
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Single White Female
2October 9, 2009 by 8junebugs
There’s a fantastic discussion — at least up through the October 8 comments — happening over at Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose right now about why women …
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Struggling
Leave a commentOctober 6, 2009 by 8junebugs
It seems we all are these days, to different degrees. Everyone’s got their troubles. I’ve been a bit out of …
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Thinking a lot, posting less
Leave a commentSeptember 21, 2009 by 8junebugs
Many thanks for the prayers and well wishes last week. Memere is stable and out of ICU, and she seems …
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Waiting
Leave a commentSeptember 18, 2009 by 8junebugs
Or: Why there is a rosary in my car right now Sometime Wednesday morning, my Memere — the matriarch without …
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The newest Gingras
2September 11, 2009 by 8junebugs
Check out my gorgeous cousin and his gorgeous bride on their wedding day. I can concur with my aunt, who still …
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Unearthed
Leave a commentSeptember 9, 2009 by 8junebugs
1. A letter from my great-grandmother, Grandma Whipple, to my parents in the summer of 1975. It begins “Dear Children,” …
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Dental damn-its
Leave a commentSeptember 3, 2009 by 8junebugs
I have a cavity. A little one. In a wisdom tooth that already has an old silver filling in it, …
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Between terms
Leave a commentAugust 26, 2009 by 8junebugs
My graduate degree is now 20% complete. I finished my ill-advised summer term with an A- and a B+. Starting …
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