Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Jonathan Tropper's newest novel, This Is Where I Leave You
Why is it so much easier to get lots of things done on days that are crammed with appointments and work than during sluggish, rainy days like this? I should be working on two travel articles (one with Oct. deadline and another November deadline; they are for magazines, which assign a year or half...
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Mad for Mail
On the hottest day of the summer, our air-conditioner is broken. If that is the worst thing that happens this week, I'll feel lucky as I wring the sweat from my t-shirt. That I HAVE an air-conditioner at all, that I have a HOUSE to begin with seems like privilege nowadays, and one that I don't take...
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Bermuda
There are two palm trees, a pool and a yacht right outside my window as I type this. Boats are zooming by in Hamilton Harbor, and, even at nearly 7pm, the sun is relentless. Unlike most of our summer family trips, where we pick out a state in the US and explore every crevice and stone (leaving...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
There is Still Magic in the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&annotation_id=annotation_72265&feature=iv
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Happy Birthday Ben
Nineteen years ago, as I was being filleted - or so it seemed as I experienced an emergency C-Section - my strong belief was that this first child of mine was a girl. I felt this so deep down that when the doc announced "it's a boy" I asked him to look again to make sure. Today, my boy baby, having...
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Iceland off of Greece?
My direction-impaired son, Ben, is finishing up his 35 day backpacking trip through Europe. Just turning 19 on the day he returns home (this Wed.), he was proud that he could maneuver through the rail and ferry system in many different countries "without parental input". Having his intelligent and...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Top Ten Reasons I Don't Write
Reasons I don't post for awhile: 1. I'm off the grid - on purpose 2. I'm away on travel-writing trips and all of my "journalist" brain cells must be used for income-based writing. 3. I'm staring at a pile of laundry that never seems to do itself (and actually grows larger) when I'm off on said...
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Girlfriend Days
Yesterday, I left Jeff and Jacob to come to Long Beach Island on the New Jersey Shore. Purpose? Hang out with two dear friends and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but sit on the Atlantic Ocean beach, cook and drink. And of course, talk. This year, there is no one in crisis; no impending divorces, no children...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Brandt Foundation Art Center, Greenwich, CT
It's late and I'm tired. Not the best time for me to write, but I've been shirking my responsibilities here lately and have to get on track. Today, I drove 10 minutes to Peter Brandt and Stephanie Seymour's house. They are getting a divorce - a bitter split to say the least - but their rolling-hills...
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Every so often, I realize I haven't been here, on this site, for awhile. Summer is usually my busy travel research time - and despite the bloodletting in print publications, I'm still out there either working on coveted assignments or trying to drum up new ones. This past July 4th weekend, I took...
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