I remember you teaching me how to read. I remember crawling into bed with you on dark winter mornings after dad went to work. I remember throwing up all over you and your nightgown in the living room, and how you weren’t mad or disgusted. You just got up, covered in my puke, and quietly [...]
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To my mother
Posted in Memoir, tagged growing up, mothers on 26 January, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Note to Parade Magazine: Big Mistake. Big. Huge.
Posted in Media, Middle East, Politics, Society & Culture, tagged al-Qaeda, Benazir Bhutto, Gail Sheehy, Musharraf, Pakistan, Parade Magazine, war on terror on 7 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love Sunday mornings, which I ritually begin with a trip outside with the dog and return with the Sunday Chicago Tribune. Then I plop down on the couch with a cup of coffee and tackle the crossword puzzle. After that’s out of the way, I read the paper nearly cover to cover. Imagine my [...]
Another grocery store adventure
Posted in Food and Drink, Society & Culture, tagged alcohol, express lane, grocery store, self-checkout, self-serve on 5 January, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When the big grocery store chains first opened up their self-serve lanes, I raised an eyebrow and waited in the real person checker line. The reason was simple – I was afraid of being embarrassed if I screwed up. I figured that, klutz that I am, I’d wind up setting off some kind of alarm, [...]
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