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Ode to Fitbit
My Love for Fitbits Explained Okay, so I need to back it up for the blog readers who don’t know what a Fitbit is, i.e., my parents, and anyone who’s not as fanatically insane about exercising as I am. The Fitbit is a brand of tracking devices that the government uses to learn about our habits…
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Why do they call it NEW Mexico?
After posting my last blog, Ten Questions You Shouldn’t Ask a New Mexican, I decided to search for other blogs that had similar themes, such as “Things Only New Mexicans Understand,” “You Know You’re From New Mexico If…”, etc., and there was one reoccurring theme (apart from an obsession with red/green chile). Please observe. Only New Mexicans…
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Ten Questions You Shouldn’t Ask a New Mexican
I’ve always known that there are few people in this world, and in this country, and in the neighboring state of Texas, who do not know anything about New Mexico. Whenever I encounter someone in New England who has been to New Mexico, I’m overjoyed because it means they know where it is! Even my well-meaning, extraordinarily intelligent friends ask questions…
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My Top 14 of 2014, and a side of fruit
Last week(ish), on December 21st, I was notified by WordPress that it was my 4th Year Anniversary as a blogger. Normally, I miss out this occasion. Not that I think I ought to be throwing myself parties or buying myself jewelry (or appliances), but the WordPress congratulatory note had a strange effect on me. As…
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Food: A Love Story
I am aware that today is Christmas and I should be blogging about something that is Christmas related, but I started writing this entry a month ago and would like to finish. I think of it as a gift unto myself. Tis the season, after all! So, here’s what I started way back when, sort of an…
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Italy Diaries, Part 3: “THESE are the Dolomites!”
I will refresh your memory a little since it’s been approximately four centuries since I started my Italian blogs. In parts one and two, I spoke about the awesome couch-surfing hosts I’d met who made my trip what it was (in part one, I explored Treviso and Jesolo Beach; in part two, I went to…
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The Coolest Pumpkin Display You’ll Ever See
I first saw the add for the Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Jack O’Lantern Spectacular in Motif Magazine’s Halloween issue. I was looking up activities for high schoolers (as part of my job), and when I did a Google search to find out more details, I found THE COOLEST PICTURES EVER IN THE WORLD. I’ve always had…
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Fiction: A Prayer for Men
Please note: I stumbled upon this while looking for a writing sample, so the sentiment is not the result of any current angst. But maybe there are ladies in this world who can appreciate it. Sorry, dudes. An Homage to Welty I just don’t understand them. They roam around the earth as if they own…
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Public Transportation Isn’t ALL Bad
Public transportation is a weird thing. I use it regularly whenever the weather is not conducive to walking to work, or I’m in a hurry. (Now that I moved to my current apartment and I’m farther from my office, the four-mile walk is –perhaps— a bit excessive, but WALKING IS AWESOME. And someday I can…
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Once Upon a Brunch
KITCHEN. This is the spot where Ruth and I chose to have brunch this past Sunday during her visit from New Hampshire. Ruth and I go back to my grad school days. We worked together at Jessie’s Restaurant in Hanover, and I haven’t seen her since my ex-boyfriend and I tried to sneak her into Happy Hour at Murphy’s and they…
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