friendship
May 15, 2009
- My friend Sue and I adore corned beef hash. She and I like to go on a long walk and then drive to the Village Café and eat a plate of food that likely would clog our arteries in about a week if we ate it more than once a month. With her hash, Sue gets the pancakes. I get the home fries. We are like all those aphorisms and clichés about two somethings in something: pigs in shit, hogs ...
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May 8, 2009
- I’m quoted in this fun article by Boston Globe columnist Christopher Muther. He writes about the urge to de-friend those who constantly post “pointless” status updates. Lots of hilarious response in the comments too, so check them out while you’re there. His take: “If I thought my friends were interesting, Facebook has taught me otherwise.” My take, as quoted in the piece: “If you ...
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April 23, 2009
- Yesterday I was racing around like a rhino, trying to get 100 things done. Unfortunately, I rushed communications with friends and made a couple of miserable blunders. Friendship is an art, too. It deserves the highest quality attention. Once, a long time ago, I wrote a poem to a friend whom I had hurt. This young man was the son of a Holocaust survivor, and was all the more sensitive ...
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April 3, 2009
- I meet a friend for coffee in a small cafe not far from the ocean. The windows are cloudy and stained with salt blown in on the wind. The air rich with the smell of freshly ground coffee beans. A few tables are taken up, mostly with men and I'm guessing, recently unemployed given the economic downfall in this country. The men don't look happy, one sitting close by draws intricate lines on a ...
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April 3, 2009
- Clare was my only girl crush. As the oddest girl out, she outranked me. I guess that’s why we became fast friends. There wasn’t anyone she could admire and follow around, so why not take on a sidekick.She had one foot in punk and the other in reality. Living on her own since she was sixteen, she knew it was wise to disguise her true and unusual passions to get by in the world. The only ...
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April 2, 2009
- A Contemporary Cautionary Tale(All the names in this story have been changed to protect my sorry ass.) So I’m in the midst of April 1, 2009, multi-tasking at my desk like a mad woman, my laptop flaming hot under my wrists, responding to emails, writing content for a bunch of sites and responding to texts. My friend Rita sends me a text, asking me about my upcoming trip to New ...
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March 4, 2009
- This week I got to the end of the second book, a memoir. At least in terms of the 25-year-long story of friendship I wanted to tell. It's just the first draft and a rewrite is definitely required. However, it's a huge accomplishment and represents seven months of solid writing, with a year of outlining and research before that.I feel great, and at the same time, a wonderful inevitability ...
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January 25, 2009
- Two nights ago, I went to a birthday party for a very dear friend. She's my friend and colleague and writing group mainstay. She's been my department chair, my walking buddy, my lunch and shopping partner. We've had many adventures over the fifteen or so years I've known her, our offices next door to each other, our stories often shared.A few times, she's opened her door and then mine to ...
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January 22, 2009
- Ever wonder what it's like to reunite with your best friend from grade school? Earlier this week, I had a wonderful evening with someone I'd not seen since I was 10 years old--nearly 40 years ago. My friend said it was like a homecoming. Indeed: http://tinyurl.com/9a2rv9
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January 17, 2009
- I find Internet an amazing place- where everything is possible- like this letter from me to you-over many kilometers..-)) Let me introduce myself a bit.. My name is Natasha. I have graduated from University and my specialty is computer engineering. But after university I have found out that it is not very interesting to me. I like more something creative and not I take up design courses. Interior ...
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