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As usual, it was a very family Thanksgiving. I live in Minneapolis, but the rest of my family lives in Skokie, one of the north suburbs of Chicago. I was ambivalent enough about traveling there that I was late in buying my plane tickets, but I did find a decent price. My compromise was to head home on Saturday, giving me one day to myself. If I ( Read more... )

The funeral and three days of shiva are over. I am possibly more peopled out than I ever have been in my entire life -- so of course tonight I'm going to a public event. I won't have to talk much, though; I'm just there to listen to Abby Franquemont, who is a Big Name in the world of spinning ( Read more... )

My father died this afternoon. As I'd said earlier, he had been in poor health for years, and took a very bad turn a week ago last Monday. He'd been declining a little more every day since then, and I was with him for this last week ( Read more... )

I'd rather not be flying to Fort Lauderdale, FL, tomorrow. But that's where I'm going ( Read more... )

(possible trigger warnings for somewhat-yucky family stuff)

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