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Best 09: Day Twenty

Who is the most impactful new person you met in 2009? She came into your life and turned it upside down. He went out of his way to provide incredible customer service. Who is your unsung hero of the year? I’ve met lots of amazing new people this year, many of them fellow bloggers. But [...]

Best 09: Day One

What was my best trip in 2009? Is it possible for a trip to be the best and the worst at once? It seems so. I went to Ireland this year, you see. I have red hair, and a wee bit o’ Gaelic blood, and I’ve always wanted to go. And so I put my [...]

Pants, Part Two

About a month ago, I wrote about a Sudanese woman named Lubna, whose story I came across while reading Nicholas Kristof’s blog. Her trial was today. She did not win. She did not lose. She is now at a crossroads. As I sit here in my jeans and cleavage revealing tank top, I wonder what [...]

Pants

I just bought a new pair of jeans last night. I will save you from having to relive the hours upon hours in which I tried on yards upon yards of boot cut and straight-legged denim, in which I stared at my own butt hoping it would turn into more of an apple than a [...]

For Jamie

My friend, Jamie, died a few days ago. Her body has been turned to ash. My emotions are still raw. I rebel at the idea that she is gone. I still can’t speak of her in the past tense. Her presence is too powerful to be relegated to history. I’m not ready to say goodbye. [...]