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Lines at our polling place were two hours long this morning, half the scanning machines broke (leaving only two for a very densely-populated urban neighborhood, what a disgrace!), and it was hot as balls in the school gym where we were packed in like sardines waiting to vote. But I did it! Have you voted… Read More

It’s been two weeks since my beloved cat Simone died, and today is the first day I haven’t cried. But it’s only 2 PM, so we’ll see. On the first morning after I put her down, I cried so hard I worried I might scare the kids. “When does this grief pass?” I asked Drew… Read More

After my grandmother passed away last month, my cousin uploaded a video to YouTube of an interview she did with our grandma about ten years ago as part of a video editing class. I loved watching the video for several reasons: hearing my grandmother’s voice again; seeing and remembering how she was a decade ago… Read More

Five months after tying the knot, Meghan Markle And Prince Harry announced publicly today that they are expecting a baby in the Spring. Word on the street is that they made the announcement to the royal family on Friday at, gasp, Harry’s cousin’s, Princess Eugenie’s, wedding. If that’s true, that’s kinda tacky, and I guess… Read More