Category: Parenting
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Discoveries
Some things I found by the side of the road. I had a nice chat with my neighbor Ward the other day. He’s lived on this road since at least the 50s, so he’s up on the history of our neighborhood, as well as the current comings and goings. “Did you see that rock?” he…
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Oasis
I like my new age retreat with a side of 70s suburbia. I took a class at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck over the summer and brought The Kiddo along. Omega is this sort of idyllic new age retreat that offers courses on topics like past-life regression and teaching yoga to inner city students. Beautiful…
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In Anticipation
In which I’m enthusiastic about enthusiasm. So, the other day I was getting all a-twitter over an oddball local historical figure, as I have a tendency to do. I love the folks who share their own little obsessions or strange skills with the public and make life a little more interesting for the rest of us. And…
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Anniversaries
Farewell, Concord Traveler. There is a moment in the cult film “El Topo” where a character is informed that he must travel in a “spiralwise” manner to complete a quest. And so I’ve found it to be with moving through life in general. My first husband died suddenly, six years ago. Prior to that, I…
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Perspective
Greetings from the belly of the beast! I went exploring with The Kiddo and some friends the other day. We came across a couple of elephant statues left over from a sculptures-on-parade event that took place years ago. They seem sort of forgotten now, ‘tho they still add some visual interest to the street where…
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Managing
Learning to let the kid take the lead. This past Saturday was the annual tribute concert in honor of my late first husband, Tony Cavagnaro. Tony was a fixture on the local music scene in Rochester, NY for the 19 year I knew him. He played in all kinds of bands from heavy metal to…
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