Every Friday morning, Morning Edition plays StoryCorps — stories of loved ones across the country connecting in recording booths. It’s extraordinarily well done, and it usually makes me tear up. On Thursday, a coworker sent me a link to a parody on StoryCorps. And I was laughing so hard, I was falling over in my [...]
Archive for January, 2009
the crying store
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
how d.c. feels differently — already
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I bundled up last Sunday, got a hot chocolate at the Mocha Hut, and walked down to the Mall in 30 degree weather with friends to see the inaugural concert. It was my chance to burn out on the crowds so I wouldn’t feel like I was missing out on Obama’s inauguration because I had [...]
nicaragua
Posted in travel on January 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided heading out of the country at the end of December is the best way to avoid any kind of holiday malaise, loneliness or angst about New Years Eve plans.
Five of us rented a house on a bluff overlooking the Pacific ocean just north of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. We also rented [...]
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