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Confessions from the New New Frontier

Writing what you know

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 3:32 pm - I come from a very close-knit family, and when I left Maine and moved to New York, it was a big deal. Pestering me about coming home became part of the routine on holidays, a campaign headed up by my grandmother. “Why do you want to be down there, so far from everything?” she would [...]

A rebuttal

Monday, October 6, 2008 - 11:05 pm - Since I was quite young, I have been told that I have an “artistic temperament.” By some, that was a compliment: I was sensitive, insightful, and curious. By others, it was not a particularly good review. When I made known my intention to be an English major to the professor of my freshman drama seminar, [...]

Recovery, day one: Check.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:45 pm - My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer about a week and a half ago. It was a total surprise and my family have been reeling a bit as the reality has set in. An ultrasound confirmed our fears: that the cancer was aggressive and had spread throughout her abdominal cavity, but that the doctor wouldn’t [...]

Life, underground

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 9:04 pm - A recent move to Boston has given me, among other things, a new fickle friend: the T.  I think that “the T” refers only to the subway system. People don’t “get on the T” and head for the bus. But as I haven’t found a name that encompasses the whole Boston area transit system (besides MBTA, [...]

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Rebooting the Blog

September 11, 2008

A lot of things are like this, I guess. You step out of your routine for a while. It’s hard at first, but then it gets easier. My last post here was almost four weeks ago!

For the first week, I felt vaguely guilty about it. By the second week, I began to understand the reasons why I had stopped writing. By the third week, I began to think “What the hell. It’s waited this long, it’ll wait a while longer.” By the fourth week, I began to think this blog might be dead.

Then I heard from my friend Ronni at Time Goes By. “I’ve been checking your blog now and then and nothing since 15 August. Are you okay? Is your family okay?”

Yes, and yes-although there are some stories to tell. Anyway, I’m back. And thanks for the lifeline, Ronni!

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One Response to “Rebooting the Blog”

  1. donna Says:
    September 11, 2008 at 11:49 pm

    Been quiet about a week or so myself. There are just so many emotions that come up this time of year for me… Sometimes, we need to stop and contemplate within ourselves for a while, too.

    Good to see you back, though. I think Ronni keeps a lot of the elder blogger community going….

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