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Adventure: September 2010
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Thursday, September 30, 2010. The Letter I'm Not Sending After All. September 20, 2010. Dear Mr. Putz:. It bothered me so much that I wrote a letter to the editor through your online mechanism. I’ve never written a letter to your magazine before, although I’ve written other publications. This is the letter I sent:. 8220;Dear Editors,. I would've loved to see the Roxbury Prep students on the cover. What an amazing experience that would've been for those students, for the charter school movement overal...
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Adventure: January 2011
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Thursday, January 13, 2011. The Winter Loves Me. The winter loves me," he retorted, and then, disliking the whimsical sound of that, added, "I mean, as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love." -Phineas, A Separate Peace. How I love winter. Truly love it. It's my favorite season. Has been for just about my whole life. There are lots of reasons for this. Some of them:. And snow means sk...
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Adventure: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011. The Death of Customer Service. Customer service is officially dead. Check this story:. I go into the bakery to pick up the cake for my mother's birthday. It is 11 am and I'm in a tad bit of a hurry and there's a cast of thousands of kids and moms in there all lined up. So I hunkered down to wait patiently. And wait I did. Are you wearing perfume? Well, someone smells fantastic! I just got a whiff of it! And the poor, exasperated mother repeats "Two bagels." "Toasted? A cake....
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Adventure: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Sara and Muriel Help Me Keep Morphing. The first is the character of Sara Chickering in Karen Hesse's novel, Witness. The second is Muriel, in Helen Frost's Crossing Stones. So early we learn this young woman in 1917 will not be molded easily. And luckily for her, she has a paternal aunt who is fighting for suffrage. Mama informs me. A lady never writes before she has received a letter. My classmates looked at me, nodded, and moved onto some other topic in the discussion. As ...
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Adventure: June 2011
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Saturday, June 11, 2011. I know, I know. You would say you do your part. We're healthy. So very healthy. No real complaints. Cholesterol - great. Annoyances (like boils or hemorrhoids or hammertoes) almost non-existent. Skin? Yeah, yeah, it's great. Allergies? None Generally feeling well? Absolutely. No digestive issues for us. Aging? We're doing well for the most part aside from those three chin hairs and the increasing white hairs on our head. So why, oh why, dear body, can't you just stay trim? And I'...
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Adventure: The Great Betrayer
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Saturday, June 11, 2011. I know, I know. You would say you do your part. We're healthy. So very healthy. No real complaints. Cholesterol - great. Annoyances (like boils or hemorrhoids or hammertoes) almost non-existent. Skin? Yeah, yeah, it's great. Allergies? None Generally feeling well? Absolutely. No digestive issues for us. Aging? We're doing well for the most part aside from those three chin hairs and the increasing white hairs on our head. So why, oh why, dear body, can't you just stay trim? And I'...
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Adventure: August 2011
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Monday, August 08, 2011. If Once on an Island. I have never been the same since I first started going to islands, and it was when I was very small, thanks to my mother. And now that I'm grown, she continues to help me spend time on one. Thanks, Mom. Mom, waving goodbye from the pier as I departed on the ferry. If once you have slept on an island. You'll never be quite the same;. You may look as you looked the day before. And go by the same old name,. You may bustle about in street and shop.
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Adventure: If Once on an Island
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Monday, August 08, 2011. If Once on an Island. I have never been the same since I first started going to islands, and it was when I was very small, thanks to my mother. And now that I'm grown, she continues to help me spend time on one. Thanks, Mom. Mom, waving goodbye from the pier as I departed on the ferry. If once you have slept on an island. You'll never be quite the same;. You may look as you looked the day before. And go by the same old name,. You may bustle about in street and shop.
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Adventure: Seeking the Great Perhaps
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Seeking the Great Perhaps. I'm going back to school! First there was this post from 2008. And then this one from last May. And now there's this one. The one where I get to say: I'm going! I'm starting with my first class in July and then 2-a-semester beginning in the fall. YAY! To honor the moment, I thought I'd post my essay for admission to the program. We find a career and stick? What might I find out I care about that I don’t even know exists right now? But, loving them versu...