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Q-Day 135: Late Night Musings

July 25, 2020 / Tara / 2 Comments

Not terribly late into the evening here in our little corner of Maryland. However, both my husband and my daughter are sound asleep. I’m awake peeling skin off my feet – mom gave me this foot mask. Anyway, foot mask. It’s supposed to shred the dead skin off your feet. I was all in. And … Continue reading Q-Day 135: Late Night Musings

To Veruca, On Love

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 / Tara / 3 Comments

*Update: After posting, I realized there was something else to say. See at end of post.* It took me a very long time to see love without rose-colored glasses. Don’t get me wrong – love is, as Shakespeare said, a many-splendored thing. I was enamored with love long before it was returned. I liked a … Continue reading To Veruca, On Love

Of Blogging, and First Dates

January 9, 2018 / Tara / Leave a comment

I wasn’t going to write today. I don’t typically write every day. I had a few thoughts rolling around my brain of what I wanted to write about next; they’re an eclectic and somewhat schizophrenic collection of ideas that have little to do with one another. Todd and I worked on one of them together, … Continue reading Of Blogging, and First Dates

There Was This Boy

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

So there was this boy, I saw him walk by me once and he took my breath away. I couldn't avoid his eyes or the chemistry between us. He asked me out once and I said yes, and we went out again, and again, until he owned me. I never knew love like that, and … Continue reading There Was This Boy

Three Times I’ve Felt Blessed

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

When I really, really knew. I’m talking profound, existential moments. The first time it hit me, really hit me, I was on a flight home from Santa Barbara. I’d been in California visiting a long-time, on again-off again boyfriend. What was different about this trip, as opposed to a handful of others to San Diego … Continue reading Three Times I’ve Felt Blessed

6 Things They Say We Gotta Do, Todd!

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

Well, Todd, here we go again. It must be couples awareness month, because the articles are trickling in on how to be better at it. (Not that I think we need to be better at it, ‘cause I think we’re rocking the heart stuff, but … play along.) This one came from a site called … Continue reading 6 Things They Say We Gotta Do, Todd!

The Chronicles: Thanksgiving Edition

November 29, 2016 / Tara / 2 Comments

The desire to write again is creeping back slowly. I was, as so many were, so deeply affected by the outcome of the election. Many people are talking about it, still talking about it, posting about it …. and I don’t want to. I have no desire to write about it. But what worried me … Continue reading The Chronicles: Thanksgiving Edition

Throwback Thursday: Reunion

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 / Tara / 4 Comments

I drove to our meeting place, my heart in my throat and my stomach somersaulting. While we wanted this first time to be private, circumstances made that virtually impossible. I imagined this as some epic reunion, and could hardly think of seeing him, after so long, in some crowded restaurant. I pulled into the lot, … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Reunion

This is Not About PMS

July 17, 2016 / Tara / 2 Comments

Blogged while finishing off the coffee Todd made. (Sorry babe.) At the risk of scaring away any male readers, PMS sucks. It was not in my plan to make this an opener today. I had other plans for this post. But today’s post isn’t going to be about the original plan, and it’s not going … Continue reading This is Not About PMS

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