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3,000 March 2020 — The COVID Diaries: Staying Sane in a Time That’s Not
Dear Diary, I made waffles for breakfast last Thursday. I prepared my sourdough sponge the night before. I was awake before All the Children. I made myself a cup of coffee, and I puttered around the kitchen, and I thought, “Oh, this is why Morning People like getting up before everyone else. It’s so quiet…
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5 Plausible Explanations for What’s Happening in Our World Right Now
It does not snow where I live. Or rather, it snows approximately one quarter of one day during the winter. Everyone gets VERY excited, we cancel everything, people from snowy climates mock our hysteria, folks crash their cars, our children try to sled on icy gravel, and stores sell out of every apocalyptic supply item:…
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25 *Real* Things I’ve Learned in 25 Years of Marriage {and the One That’s More Important than All the Others}
Greg and I have been married 25 years as of yesterday which, as we say every year, is a long time not to smother someone with a pillow. A long, LONG time. And, in that time, we’ve learned a few surprising things, 25 of which I’ll share with you here. 25 *Real* Things I’ve Learned…
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How to Apologize to Your Wife When You’ve Wronged Her in Her Dreams
If you don’t know why Greg had to apologize to me, read this first. Once you understand the Horrible, Horrible Things He Did, you can read his apology below. I thought this might be instructive for those of you who have wives and need to know how to apologize for the Ways You’ve Wronged Them.…