Category Archives: The Not-So-Trivial

Unemployment: Not Just a River in Egypt.

Nov. 18, 2011
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Us, December 2008 In January of 2009 I lost my job. I was 27 years old, and I’d never suffered a single day of financial hardship. Sure…I thought I had.  I mean, I never did get that pony I wanted.  … Continue reading →

Here’s The Thing…{On The Epidemic of Bullying.}

Nov. 13, 2011
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Growing up I was lucky never to be on the business end of the bullying stick.  Not in the traditional sense.  I somehow escaped that horror of the formative years.   But these reports of sexual harassment running rampant in … Continue reading →

Hey, It’s Me Again.

Sep. 18, 2011
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I never know how to come back from heavy stuff.  All week I’ve read my friends beautiful posts over and over and thought “I gotta wrap this up” but how do you wrap up something like this?  Especially when I … Continue reading →

Melaina: Creepy Internet Friend

Sep. 11, 2011
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I didn’t know Melaina (not her name) on 9/11, but I know her now…as the infectious Ex-Pat Mom of a toddler in Glasgow whom I became friends with despite continents and oceans between us.  Until Melaina, I had never known … Continue reading →

Lindsey Anthony: Playwright, Thinker, Documentarian

Sep. 11, 2011
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A world no longer familiar When I try to recall the my life on 9/11, what comes are moments, feelings, a handful of lines, but somewhere a loose story that is pieced together by bursts of panic, what I think … Continue reading →