04 August 2008

Another Journey

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Turns out that Mom hadn't gone to church after all. She'd gone to the store, and after she got back, she and Dad and I had blueberry...
03 August 2008

The Silence

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Mom has gone to church. She does that every Sunday morning. I know Dad is awake because I hear him coughing. It's that nagging, hackin...
01 August 2008

Visiting Mom and Dad

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I'm taking a break from packing for the trip I'm about to take tomorrow. I'm anxious, in every sense of the word, about it: I am...
31 July 2008

Zap that Beard!

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It's hard for me to believe now that I had a beard, on and off, for about twenty years. Just as there are people in my life now who hav...
29 July 2008

Ghost Town

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Last night I had a dream that, when I woke up, I could've sworn I had before. In it, I walked down a street--I don't know where it w...
26 July 2008

Back In The Day...

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Today I did a bike ride I used to do just about every weekend. But today was the first time I'd done it in about two, and possibly three...
24 July 2008

The Older Woman

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A busy week it's been. If I can grow as tired as I am without having (or having had) kids or to take care of anyone but me and Charlie a...
20 July 2008

The Frontier

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Today I saw part of the Tour de France coverage on TV. The Tour is divided into 21 stages, each lasting a day. One stage might be long and f...
19 July 2008

Name Change (I'm Still Justine!)

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Tonight I had to make another name change. No, I didn't have to become another person. I am still Justine Nicholas Valinotti, nee Nicho...
18 July 2008

The Second Puberty

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On days like this, I'm not sure of whether I've underachieved or simply gotten the restoration my mind--and body--needed. I slept un...
17 July 2008

Another Ending

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So another day ends. And in this case, another week and another class. Most of my co-workers and I are on four-day weeks until the middle of...
16 July 2008

Georgia Blue; Marriage?(!)

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Georgia Blue. Sounds like the name of a poem from Langston Hughes. Or maybe a musical collaboration between Ray Charles and Thelonious Monk....
15 July 2008

Tuesday Afternoon, Expectations

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Tuesday afternoon . Remember that Moody Blues song? It's actually called "Forever Afternoon," but its repeated refrain of ...
14 July 2008

Liberte, Egalite, Sororite: Comment m'apelle?

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Ten days ago I celebrated my 50th birthday. And people celebrated the birthday of this country. Today the French have their fete nationale ....
13 July 2008

Seven Steps, Giddy-Up

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On Wednesday, two days after I started this blog, Regina--a counselor in the Office of Disabled Students at the college where I work--said t...
12 July 2008

To The Ocean, Again

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Today I took another ride late in the afternoon. To the ocean--I have probably pedalled more miles simply to bathe my body and mind in blue ...
11 July 2008

Riding Like A Girl

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"You throw like a girl! That taunt ruined gym class for me for life. I heard it more than once, not only from other kids, but from teac...