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at this point in August 24 Aug 2013 | 11:09 am
I’m sitting outside on the deck off our bedroom for the last time this summer. Tomorrow, we’re boarding a plane, returning Labor Day. A cool, robust breeze is blowing through the night air; I can hear...
it showed me its best Ninja pose 14 Aug 2013 | 11:22 am
Last Wednesday evening, as I was settling in to finish Sisterland, my phone chirped with a text message. “We are unable to use our Lopez home this weekend, so it’s yours if you would like to go.” Th...
Eleven 4 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
Last week at this time, we were on an island for a favorite component of our summer. Una Vaca Asada. Our friends Henry and April always throw a huge party at which they roast a pig; this year, the pig...
deep summer 27 Jul 2013 | 10:47 am
We got home from the pool today and discovered the raspberries I’d left out in a colander, after washing them for breakfast, had attracted a crowd of fruit flies. I guess we’re at that point in summer...
we hardly knew where to begin 19 Jul 2013 | 10:51 am
Last June, we traveled to New York for my sister Lindi’s wedding. It was paralyzingly hot as we walked from our taxi into her Upper East Side building. Something came up at work that caused her to arr...
every summer of my life 10 Jul 2013 | 08:38 pm
I made potato salad and blueberry cobbler for the fourth of July, both of which I could (do) eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner when they’re around. Luckily for my waistline, I only make potato salad...
ad hoc 29 Jun 2013 | 09:30 am
Swim lessons began Monday. Every summer, we sign up for a five week session that runs Monday through Friday for an hour, first thing in the morning. It gets us ready for the day earlier than we would ...
we all cheered 23 Jun 2013 | 10:25 am
We’ve entered full-on summer. I surface from sleep as the chirping coming in through the open window grows to symphonic levels; as the emerging light fades from blue and brightens, filtering in throug...
he looked at his watch 15 Jun 2013 | 07:23 pm
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false I packed the last school lunch for Abbott I’ll ever pack, cutting his sandwich in half vertically, as I’ve always done; slicing strawberries and divi...
I know I'll get there 1 Jun 2013 | 07:23 am
Memorial Day Weekend, Lake Whatcom
