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A Connecticut Yankee (still) Lives In Rhode Island (and you should, too)

Yesterday morning seemed to be a good time to reflect about my twenty years in Rhode Island. I was driving to an appointment I inadvertently scheduled for next Saturday, making me seven days and ten minutes early, when all of a sudden a rusty-red truck cut me off, nearly knocking me into next week (which would have made me…

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Where’s My Snow? How to enjoy holiday blessings without it.

This is something I can now ascertain with metaphysical certitude. There will be no snow. It was fifty degrees when I closed up shop for Christmas vacation, walking out of the school in a flurry of high-fives after what seemed to be the longest semester of my life. I drove home.  I looked for snow along the…

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Tardiness, Cluelessness, and Lack of Balance

I was going to a conference on a topic that I suspected was not going to be exciting. My boss suggested I go, and since he’s right about many things, I decided to listen. I was not really excited about the topic, but I figured I’d survive till 2PM with enough fully charged devices, so I went….

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College or a Ferrari? The Student’s Dilemma

My car died again.  This time, I had a baby along with me.  I’d had enough. “You sure you were shifting right?” asked the mechanic.  I hate getting the girl treatment with car people.  Yes, I can drive a stick. Time to buy a new car. My friend loved his Ferrari, I thought it might be a great…

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I Finally Got to Go to Camp–EdcampRI

I never got to go to camp when I was growing up.  My best friend Jen went to camp every year. She had camp stories, camp friends, and a whole chunk of the summer when I couldn’t call her. Those were in the days before email was invented and we didn’t have Twitter or texts, so it…

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TV is Not A Storm Essential: Being Grateful

We got lucky. It’s post storm, and all is well here–our idea of moving inland away from things like the airport and coast were excellent ideas. The idea of trying to get off the grid immediately–at least as much as possible, has paid off in spades.  I’m not chasing sheep around my land washing fleas off wool,…

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Give Me Some #$%&@*% Coffee, Not an Existential Experience!

Coffee has a special place in Rhode Island.  Coffee milk is the state drink.  Dunkin Donuts, once regional, went from a local caffeine fix to a national institution.  “America Runs on Dunkin.” And yes it does. Even though Rhode Island has been surpassed by Washington DC and Baltimore as having the worst drivers in the nation, there…

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The Frankenstorm of the Century–Storm Prep Rhode Island Style

The hype has begun. “Frankenstorm” has hit the tv news cycle. I’m not sure if Frankenstorm will be a whopper or if it was created to take advantage of weak news ratings. Either way, the name sure does sound bad. It’s a little late in the season for a hurricane, but after last year’s “Halloween Storm” which…

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