When Does It End?
I was driving to a customer meeting this morning. The sky was not so blue as usual. Jet contrails scudded across the upper sky. The
April 24, 2009
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Year: 2009
Another Point Of View From A Very Wise Person
The other day Meg, she-who-is-wise-beyond-her-years, commented on my post about family and money. “Hum. That’s funny. My High Wasp family lost all their money (which
April 23, 2009
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High WASP Weddings, The Age of Innocence
The bride in the photo above is not related to me. But she might have been. The text does come from a description of the
April 22, 2009
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Old Lady Hair
I know I said it was old lady hands that made me wince at my own mortality. But at least my hands still do what
April 22, 2009
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High WASP = Money
flickr Was I High WASP with my children about money? In how much I had? In my attitude towards it? In what I tried to
April 21, 2009
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Does It Pass Down To The Children? The WASP Part.
I’ve been asked did I pass my High WASP core down to my children. Complex question. I have been wondering that myself, since this blog
April 20, 2009
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Sunday at Dad’s
It’s Sunday. Temperatures are predicted to reach 90 degrees. The siblings, those of us in Northern California, are going to Dad’s house for lunch. Where
April 19, 2009
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Saturday Morning at 10:06am
My daughter has been in a dance group at Princeton for several years. This semester, given the demands of her senior thesis, she decided not
April 18, 2009
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High WASP Wedding – Country Club
Bride: Brideshead Revisited. Accoutrements from upper left: Sugar Plum, Flickr, Wedding Graffiti, Style Me Pretty, Artfool, Flickr, Menlo Circus Club, Lynn Lugo, Lemontree, Weddings Unveiled
April 16, 2009
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Fierce at 50
Fierce at 50, When You Are 20 Or 30
Once you hit 50 there’s only so much you have to work with in the fierce department. Those with inordinate style can just push forward
April 16, 2009
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The Knife of Covetousness
I would not want to return to the days of my grandparents. But unfortunately, I am not a simple soul content with the good earth.
April 15, 2009
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Culture of Origin
My Family’s Houses
My several grandparents lived in several places. In a 12-room apartment in a Park Avenue building that’s oddly famous for having had an actual book
April 14, 2009
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