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Monthly Archives: June 2013
What A Difference A Letter Makes
Author’s note: Chicago Blackhawk fans, congrats on the Stanley Cup triumph. Right now you’re on top of the world. Take note, however… Years ago, when I was in the high society/charitable phase of my life, I was tapped to join … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture, Sports
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Boy Trouble
In 1964 Ricky G. was in my freshman history class at New Trier. He was smart, very cute, and a big star on the frosh swim team. I admired him. And in 1964, Seventeen Magazine said that if you liked … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Movies, Music, pop culture, Tributes
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Dearly Beloved
Welcome to my Adirondack wedding. Hope you enjoyed your pre-wedding glass of champagne. (It was a vintage Krug, by the way.) Prior to the ceremony, my meeting with Mike’s folks had gone well. His mom was a darling- jolly but … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Prenuptual
Do you know that Rogers and Hart song “To Keep My Love Alive?” Lorenz Hart’s witty lyric, “I’ve been married and married and often I’ve sighed, I’m never the bridesmaid, I’m always the bride” always reminds me of me. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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Daddy (Movie) Complex
Author’s Note: This past Thursday, June 13, there was a glitch in my automated email delivery system. My new post, “Quite A Gal,” went live on the site right on time but none of the customary emails notifying you went … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Movies, pop culture
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Quite A Gal
As golf season is in full swing around here, I have to report that it was never my sport. I tried and I tried. I took lots of lessons and loads of ladies’ golf clinics from Pat Goss- our country … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Tributes
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Story Problem
I hate math. It started at Avoca School in Miss Ostlund’s third grade class. I was breezing along with addition and subtraction and multiplication. But then we came to long division. Uh oh. Even today, those two words strike terror … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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The Longest Day
In 1994 when my daughter Natasha was almost sixteen she wanted to study French in summer school- in France. So her school made the arrangements. For seven weeks she would live with a local family while she took classes en … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, pop culture, Tributes
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The Commerce Comet
I love to ski. Downhill. (No cross-country for me. Too much work. I need gravity.) I came to skiing late in life, aided and abetted by my handsome, easy-going Snowmass ski instructor. The gods of Ullr were smiling down on … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Sports, Tributes
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