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SUMMER CAMP BLUES

I never went to summer camp. Not an away camp, church camp, YMCA, neighborhood camp… nothing. When I was my son’s age I lived in Key West, had two older brothers, and my mother was a full-time mom. Summers were the stuff of classic movies – carefree and exciting. We had crushes on the girl [...]

29 to 30

I’m counting down to the bitter-sweet (mostly sweet for the obvious “I’m alive” reasons) big day: my 30th. I have no plans for the milestone even though I’ve been talking about turning 30 since I turned 29.
I have spent many hours over the past few months thinking back to my youth and trying to [...]

PLAYTIME

Earlier today I was dragged into a weird game by the Dev. We stayed home all day waiting for snow that finally came early evening, which was five or six hours later than predictions, so I felt obliged to play. I don’t mind playing, I just prefer building stuff and board games, but the occasional [...]