The Long and Short of It

The Long and Short of It

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Here's the deal.
I want to tell you something that’s been going on for me for the past couple of weeks, namely, back pain.
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No Patriot
a waving flag
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Armchair Expat
I have turned to both Ancestry and Savills, an international real estate company, in my quest for property in one of the democracies of my forebears.
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Gemma
On her second birthday
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The Reformation of Yes Mom
Mother’s Day is almost here, which makes me think about my own mom’s impossible-to-fill shoes, and how extraordinary my daughters and my daughter-in-law…
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Regulars
For Pamela and Betsey
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Mystery at 36,000 feet
Traveling on budget airlines requires fortitude and flexibility.
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April 2025

Just Under
about amy’s house: you couldn’t miss it
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Low battery, zero judgment.
Sam and I are in Palo Alto, California, visiting our friends, so my writing is limited by time and the fact that I forgot the charger for my laptop.
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If You Were Wondering About My Hair...
The world is so full of a number of things, to quote Robert Louis Stevenson, that most of the time, I am mired in existential dread, to quote me.
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Noah
your eye color is changeable planet.
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Ubuntu
translation:
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