Tag: California

• B. C. – Before Crying

  I am writing this a day early. I normally write and post my weekly essay on Sundays but I am currently on a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Baltimore and filled with emotion, so Saturday it is. We have been in LA since Wednesday afternoon, my husband and younger daughter. Upon arrival we had…

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  April 3, 2016

  Essay

  Alex Guarnaschelli, California, Food Network, Guisados, Hilton Garden Inn, Hollywood, In-N-Out Burger, Joan’s on Third, LAX, Los Angelos, Mel’s Drive-In, Mexican food, Samuel French Bookstore, Santa Monica, The Lobster

• What’s It Like Being the Mother of the Pied Piper

  After graduation, I decided to stay in the town where I had lived and attended college for four years. I started working for a Kelly Girls temp agency and eventually landed a full-time position as a receptionist at a busy downtown law firm. At the end of the summer, my younger brother, Tommy, moved into…

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  November 22, 2015

  Essay

  California, empty nesting, guitar, musical theatre, piano, Pied Piper, screenwriting, substitute teacher, teaching