From the monthly archives:

January 2010

matt, liz and madeline

by JHSEsq
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Some­times a post — or even an entire web­site — ren­ders the reader com­pletely unable to artic­u­late the emo­tions invoked by the piece. So it is with many of the posts pub­lished by Matt Logelin at matt, liz and made­line. How I man­aged not to hear about his site until very recently, I don’t know. […]

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The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy

by JHSEsq
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She describes her­self as “a free­lance writer and stand-up comic who is both good at Jeop­ardy! and annoy­ing to have at par­ties.” Jelisa “J-Money” Cas­tro­dale has been blog­ging since June 2005, describ­ing her small town South­ern upbring­ing which included sit­ting on her grandmother’s porch lis­ten­ing to “mix­tapes on my Walk­man (includ­ing clas­sics by Heart, Michael […]

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We’re At Dad’s That Week

by JHSEsq
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White lies. We all tell them for myr­iad rea­sons: To spare a friend’s feel­ings, to avoid becom­ing embroiled in con­tro­versy, to keep a loved one out of trou­ble … There are times when white lies are appro­pri­ate and harm­less. And other times when the truth must be told, no mat­ter how bru­tal or how serious […]

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Speaking from the Heart

by JHSEsq
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Ah, the hol­i­days are over. The Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions have been taken down and stowed away until next Thanks­giv­ing (or, for some of you, before the big turkey feast).  All across the land, a col­lec­tive sigh of relief can be heard as family’s return to work and school, resum­ing their nor­mal daily rou­tines (and din­ing habits). […]

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