Photo Copyright Taraka & The Tara Chronicles, 2018 Yesterday was the long-awaited seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC, to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Veruca was very excited, at least insofar as one can be excited to spend a day away from the classroom and visit a different city. I would be … Continue reading Destination: Washington, DC
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2017 – The Year in Review
April was by far the busiest and most eventful month of the year. I started working at CHOP, Veruca started her softball career, Opac had oral surgery, my maternal grandfather passed away, a week later my uncle unexpectedly followed, a high school friend lost his battle with cancer, and Todd and I attended the college’s … Continue reading 2017 – The Year in Review
Where I Drive In Snow
December 13. It was my mom’s birthday and Todd thought it would be nice to surprise her Wednesday, because he thinks of others and is thoughtful like that. So around 6 we all pile into my car, which has decided to be festive too and light up the engine light on the dash. It’s doing … Continue reading Where I Drive In Snow
Where I’ve Been – October/November Edition
Today is a quiet Sunday. I’m alone in the house. The kids are away and Todd went off early to finish a deck, because working 60 hours a week teaching and serving on several committees isn’t enough to keep him busy. I woke at 6:40 this morning, because that’s what it means to be OLD. … Continue reading Where I’ve Been – October/November Edition
Skipping Out, While Silverfox Takes Chicago
I took my medication on an empty stomach earlier this week and slept for two hours. Some days it's a gamble, between high anxiety and being comatose. Really, all I probably need to do is stop drinking coffee. The gamble for the rest of the week was to skip the pills and challenge anxiety to … Continue reading Skipping Out, While Silverfox Takes Chicago
Random Thoughts For September
We went shopping at Lowe’s last weekend which was shocking because it was Todd’s idea. Todd had boycotted the store after a debacle there about a year ago. However, Lowe-gate couldn’t hold a candle to an entirely different debacle involving kitchen rugs from Big Lots. Todd’s busy brain took a short detour to kitchen rug … Continue reading Random Thoughts For September
Todd and I Do It Again, Part 2
I woke up the next morning after another relatively early night, and luxuriously shaved my legs with Todd’s razor. Before you make assumptions about me - he told me to, after he shaved his face, because he’s loving like that and not because I’m a selfish bitch. There was a great deal of noise going … Continue reading Todd and I Do It Again, Part 2
Todd and I Do It Again
The truth is, we do it every year. Sometimes several times a year. We went on vacation, and returned to Ocean City, Maryland a couple of weeks ago. We rolled in late afternoon on a Monday, checked into our 7th floor room (remember this detail – it figures in later) at last year’s hotel … Continue reading Todd and I Do It Again
Cabo San Lucas – The End
Chapter 3 January 19, 1991 Sábado My baja California trip is over. I’m sitting now in the Phoenix airport, sometime around 5 p.m. Only SEVEN hours until I board my next flight – to Philadelphia. Customs went okay – not quite as bad as Greece was. I thought I’d found the perfect spot to plant … Continue reading Cabo San Lucas – The End
Cabo San Lucas – Chapter 2
Chapter 1 Two days later. I didn’t feel too hot on the flight to San Jose del Cabo and there was this very strange man sitting next to me, and then he was on the same bus to Cabo San Lucas. Gave me the creeps. It was dark when I arrived so I didn’t see … Continue reading Cabo San Lucas – Chapter 2
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