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Throwback Thursday: The Pantheon

Sophomore Year: That’s a Wrap

On Thursday, he took his final exam. Then we packed up some of the stuff in his dorm room and moved it to a storage unit we rented near campus. It was that, or rent a van this week and again in August, who cart his dorm stuff back and forth — and find aContinue reading “Sophomore Year: That’s a Wrap”

The End of a Mall

I was not there to see it, but Landmark Mall met the wrecking ball today. I remember the OLD Landmark mall, the one that was an outdoor mall, decades before “town center” malls were a thing. It was the usual stopping point for a meal on school field trips heading in and out of DC.Continue reading “The End of a Mall”

Countdown to Summer Break

My son will soon come home from school for the summer! I am looking forward to having him back, and I know he is looking forward to a break from studying. Except that he won’t have that much of a break; he’s taking a summer school class that packs a semester’s worth of work intoContinue reading “Countdown to Summer Break”

Wordless Wednesday

LetterMo 2022: Wrapping Up

Tonight is the final night of the Month of Letters, the annual challenge to write and mail a letter or card every day in February. And I am happy to say I have met the challenge. Since I last updated my progress, I’ve continued to write and mail each day, though looking over my listContinue reading “LetterMo 2022: Wrapping Up”

LetterMo: Still Going Strong

I mentioned about a week ago that I’m taking part in the Month of Letters challenge, also known as LetterMo. Every day in February, I’m supposed to write and mail at least one letter or postcard. I’m also supposed to respond to every letter I receive. Last week I said that I was still onContinue reading “LetterMo: Still Going Strong”

Splintered: A Visit to the E.R.

This just came up in my social media feed as a memory of the night I first posted it, 13 years ago today, when my son had just turned 7. For the sake of the historic record, I’m re-posting here…. It was 5:30 this evening and I was preparing to make pizza for dinner. SuddenlyContinue reading “Splintered: A Visit to the E.R.”

Another Test, Another Negative

I posted last week about feeling lousy and trying to get tested for covid-19. I’m fully vaccinated and boosted against covid, but with the new Omicron variant, a lot of vaccinated people are getting it, so I thought I should find out if I had it. The covid testing sites were not taking walk-ins, andContinue reading “Another Test, Another Negative”

Almost 20

My son will turn 20 in a few days! But his birthday is the same day that we’re moving him back into his dorm at school– and a snowstorm is expected that afternoon, so we’ll have to rush back home from campus rather than sticking around to celebrate with him. So we thought we’d startContinue reading “Almost 20”