Tag: memoir
member name: Elizabeth Madrigal
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May 23, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
Anyone from the east coast will raise their eyebrows slightly when I mention where I was born, so if asked I generally say, "New England". If they continue to press, I answer, "Connecticut", . . .
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February 27, 2009 07:56 PM EST --
A few months ago I noticed a site, http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/news/pr/RadioAds.asp , that thrilled this lapsed Catholic. On it I discovered that there were many Roman Catholics like me . . .
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February 17, 2008 01:32 AM EST --
"He's not your real uncle, he's your godfather."
"Why isn't Aunt Thellie my godmother then?"
"Because Aunt Mary is your godmother."
"But I've . . .
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February 13, 2009 03:14 PM EST --
I suspected that if my title was 'Middle-aged woman vicariously living through, while spying ,on children', many might find this post rather unappealing. I couldn't help myself. . . .
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June 04, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
As a young child I remember being fascinated by my father's tattoo. It was on his left forearm, just below the elbow. Encompassing about four square inches, it was both red and black . . .
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July 02, 2008 06:05 PM EDT --
She was Jewish like all my good friends in grammar school and lived in East Gloucester right across from the beach. Two minutes to have your bare feet on the wooden bridge and another minute to reach . . .
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April 05, 2009 06:31 PM EDT --
While visiting family in the Northeast I discovered a cultural and culinary warp when I found myself sandwiched between the white bread and flour tortillas. Yes, my friends, the Land of Essex . . .
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April 03, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
My twenty-two-year-old niece is recovering from a badly sprained back suffered during a car accident. Forced to stop in rush-hour traffic on a Southern California freeway, she was promptly . . .
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May 24, 2008 10:00 PM EDT --
One summer during a twelve hour period I managed to accumulate thirteen ticks in my clothing and shoulder-length hair. I was visiting my grandparents on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and . . .
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January 05, 2008 09:59 PM EST --
It all started when our son told us he was dog shopping.
" Don't get a dog. You're not ready for that much responsibility."
"Mom, I'm twenty-three years old, I write . . .
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March 13, 2008 09:40 PM EDT --
If the delicious aroma of peanuts roasting fills the air, I am immediately filled with memories of lazy summer days and carefree family outings. These were easy days and always sans my mother and . . .
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April 19, 2008 11:17 PM EDT --
Churchill would have told you that democratic rule is not only messy and inconvenient but a very poor form of government. The problem, he would have continued, is that it is better than any other . . .
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December 21, 2008 05:26 PM EST --
Rarely do I find the mainstream culture reflecting what I believe, as I get a little out there sometimes. Maybe not up to a Woo-Woo level, but when I am feeling particularly desperate I have been . . .
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February 16, 2009 03:21 PM EST --
Last night I dreamt that my namesake, the Queen of England, had invited my family to the next coronation. Prince Charles, by the way, was suspiciously absent. Anyway, we arrived at Windsor . . .
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