Monthly Archives: January 2012

Air Mail

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

I forget which writer posed a challenge to write and send letters every day in February — letters by post.  (If I could remember, I’d link you)  I’m sure several others have written about this, but someone in particular stood … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Blind Dating, Take Two

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I talked to my mother yesterday.  Well, I ranted and she listened. When are you going out on your blind date? This week.  He wanted to go out on Saturday, but I was on on-call. (I volunteer in a hospital … Continue reading →

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Fire

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

I confess that I have a thing for expensive candles. These days, I am not sure whether I have many vices, or few. I am, however, pretty sure that I have always had a thing for fire, generally, and candles, … Continue reading →

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Same Auld Lang Syne

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

I know what you’ve all been thinking, but have mostly been too polite to say: why have you really been writing about Frederic? At the New Year, Frederic asked me to lunch.  I’d been putting him off since August.  But I … Continue reading →

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The Art of Scottish Cooking – Yet Another Tutorial From Hell

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

When I get an idea in my head, I am not easily deterred.  Like The Time I Decided I Wanted To Host Burns Night.  Except, a number of us are vegetarians (myself included), and what is Burns Night without a … Continue reading →

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You Look Stupid and Rich

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

You may have noticed that I’ve been writing more about Frederic lately.  I admit that he’s been on my mind; we’ve been talking more; we’ve been markedly less antagonistic towards each other lately.  I suppose this is why I’m telling … Continue reading →

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Slouching Towards Reykjavik

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Frederic and I have been talking more, in a manner reminiscent of how we spoke when we were Just Friends.  Can men and women ever be friends?  Does the sex part always get in the way, as Billy Crystal once … Continue reading →

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Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

It’s almost the Lunar New Year, I reminded my mother on Friday night, did you get your haircut? We are not Asian, for what it’s worth.  But we’ve spent a lot of time in Asia.  When my parents were in … Continue reading →

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Past Tenses

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

In the event you wondered (or didn’t recall) the Meredith-Frederic Juice Fast Saga ended with a whimper, not a bang: Cleaning House — Epilogue (13 Nov 2007) I met Frederic for lunch yesterday.  In a post juice-fast world, we were … Continue reading →

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Recalling a Clean House

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

I was talking with a colleague the other day about cleansing.  You know, juice fasting; Blueprint; Organic Avenue — all of the green juice-based yuppie shit that I love. But this reminded me that there was a time when I … Continue reading →

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