I dropped my daughter off at camp last weekend. This was her 9th summer at camp, so it was a familiar ritual. You’d think I’d be used to it. The first time she went she was only seven. A tiny little girl, so brave and willing. She pushed me out of her cabin when I…
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These days, it seems that if you want to be depressed all you have to do is open your eyes and pay a minor bit of attention. Lee Gaitan’s “Lite Whines and Laughter: Mild rants and Musings on the Mundane” is the antidote to that depression. A slim volume full of light and breezy stories…
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At first, puppy sitting sounded like a treat. My daughter’s friends went out of town for a week and asked if she were interested in puppy sitting their two foundling puppies. They offered to pay her $100.00 and Marin believed she hit the lottery. “Mom. That is SO MUCH MONEY. I can’t believe they are…
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