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the letter I'm not sending to my ninth-grade students.
You guys. I have been thinking about you almost every day, because I feel bad. I want to apologize for having lied to you, except that, as I keep…
Mar 26, 2020
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essential services.
The last few days have been an interesting sorting exercise. What are essential contacts, and what are non-essentials? Grocery store, obviously…
Mar 16, 2020
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March 2018
vacation notes: saunders beach. [west of the moon, 23 march 2018]
There was the snick of the keycard in the lock, then the door opened. Declan walked up to me and murmured, tears in his eyes, “Mom, I am very sorry to…
Mar 23, 2018
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vacation notes: saunders beach. [west of the moon, 23 march 2018]
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February 2018
soft power. [west of the moon, 24 february 2018]
This trip last weekend, we were in the Bahamas for the long weekend, it was beautiful. We stayed at a brand new and very fancy resort complex; at some…
Feb 24, 2018
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soft power. [west of the moon, 24 february 2018]
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lockdown. [west of the moon, 23 february 2018]
Declan and I get to school early. He's in kindergarten here, where I teach; the drive from Brooklyn isn't so bad if we leave early, but it means we get…
Feb 23, 2018
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lockdown. [west of the moon, 23 february 2018]
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art class [west of the moon, 22 february 2018]
So, art camp. Declan did art camp for a week last summer at this studio in our neighborhood. It's a little expensive, but a friend of his was going, and…
Feb 23, 2018
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art class [west of the moon, 22 february 2018]
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August 2017
very hollywood hollywood. [west of the moon, 4 august 2017]
You can't always reclaim your tiny piece of perfection. Day Two of Soccer Camp, I went back to the tiny vacant-lot coffeeshop. At first it was the same…
Aug 4, 2017
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very hollywood hollywood. [west of the moon, 4 august 2017]
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July 2017
peak brooklyn [west of the moon, 31 july 2017]
When Sus was visiting last week, I described something to her as “peak Brooklyn” and then was unable to unpack that statement on request. “Peak…
Jul 31, 2017
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peak brooklyn [west of the moon, 31 july 2017]
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March 2017
finding a voice. [ west of the moon, 18 march 2017 ]
My freshman year in college, I was good friends with one of the guys who lived upstairs in my dorm. A lot of the appeal in hanging out with him was that…
Mar 19, 2017
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finding a voice. [ west of the moon, 18 march 2017 ]
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February 2017
this is what democracy looks like. [west of the moon, 8 february 2017]
Two weeks ago--oh god, it really has only been two weeks. These have been a long and difficult two weeks. (Two and a half weeks, by now--it takes me…
Feb 9, 2017
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this is what democracy looks like. [west of the moon, 8 february 2017]
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January 2017
bookpost, part two: series books. [west of the moon, 1/7/17]
By "series books" I don't necessarily mean books that are part of a series, but instead books where I read the whole series and I feel like talking…
Jan 9, 2017
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bookpost, part two: series books. [west of the moon, 1/7/17]
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bookpost, part one: the favorites. [west of the moon, 1/7/17]
It has been a million years since I updated on my reading! Or at least several months. (I just checked: not since August. When I was still reading those…
Jan 7, 2017
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bookpost, part one: the favorites. [west of the moon, 1/7/17]
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