Entries from June 29th, 2009

Bring on the Date Night

June 29th, 2009 2 Comments

  We all know that Barack and Michelle went out on an unforgettable date in New York last month.  He swept her away by helicopter to Greenwich Village’s Blue Hill restaurant, where fellow diners reported the president kept his eyes fixed on his stunning wife for the entire meal The First Lady shone in a [...]

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Rat-post

June 22nd, 2009 2 Comments

(NOTE:  This posting has been delayed in order to prevent site investigation by the Town Zoning and Planning Board) Just in case you were imagining springtime in Vermont as an idyllic vernal fairy-land, here’s a story to bring you down to earth.  Literally, down into the earth– into the compost, that is. On May 1st, [...]

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Seasons of the Vermont Yoga Teacher

June 15th, 2009 No Comments

Why do people come to yoga class?  Why is the studio filled with 15 eager students one week and only 3 the next?  We yoga teachers tend to take class size personally, scrutinizing our teaching choices and wondering “What did I do wrong?”  ”Did they not like the new music?”  ”Maybe I should do less [...]

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Pregnant in the USA

June 15th, 2009 1 Comment

Many of my friends are pregnant right now, in various stages of glowing or glowering.  Although I feel a twinge of warmth when I see a tiny baby on the street, asleep in a sling or gazing around with wondrous eyes, it’s immediately squelched by the thought of another gestation.  I remember hot August days [...]

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Sexy Election

June 6th, 2009 No Comments

One Mom Mans the Phone Banks                                               Last night I dreamed about Barack Obama again.  As usual I was caressing his ears, we were hiding from his campaign team, making out under desks, [...]

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Gospel ABC’s

June 3rd, 2009 No Comments

The girls blast out of bed at 5:45 a.m. with the summer daylight.  Nothing gets me going in the morning like a strong cup of Scottish black tea and some Sesame Street gospel.  We blast it from the computer and C. dances around in circles on the living room rug.  Hello, world!

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Annals of Insomnia

June 1st, 2009 No Comments

Why are new parents obsessed with sleep? It’s the same reason teenage boys are obsessed with sex– because they’re not getting any.  Around the globe, sleep deprivation is considered a highly effective form of state torture.  The Stasi used it, paired with harsh interrogation, to coerce East German citizens to denounce their neighbors as enemies [...]

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