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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…
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Susan

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…
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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…
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Susan
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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