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Way to a [wo]man's heart.
i’m up today at Good Letters, musing about food and singing the Enjoli jingle sarcastically, under my breath. this is what being a med school wife is all about. speaking of food, yesterday i cr… more →
at home. together.
way to a [wo]man's heart.
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oakies wrote 4 days ago: i’m up today at Good Letters, musing about food and singing the Enjoli jingle sarcastically, … more →
fine just the way it is.
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oakies wrote 4 days ago: i gave up on Annie Proulx this weekend. Fine Just The Way It Is, her new short-story collection, ma … more →
friday spirits.
oakies wrote 1 week ago: Walking through the snow with her was enough, quiet enough white breaking beneath our boots White t … more →
home.
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oakies wrote 1 week ago: “‘We’ll be leaving sometime,’ she said. ‘There’s nothing to do … more →
friday spirits.
oakies wrote 2 weeks ago: a friend’s mother died late this week. my friend nursed her mother through the anguished fina … more →
signs of the times.
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oakies wrote 2 weeks ago: you know it’s fall when: - Baby Blue gets catches a bad cold and gives it to everyb … more →
note to the coen brothers.
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oakies wrote 3 weeks ago: Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in uncreative moments. In creative mom … more →
seven years ago.
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oakies wrote 4 weeks ago: i was twenty-three, working my first job, and living 3 blocks from the dome of the U.S. Capitol … more →
help.
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oakies wrote 1 month ago: i’m in danger of becoming one of those people who buys books, rather than rents them at the l … more →
this one is for you, bug.
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oakies wrote 1 month ago: the bug has been waiting all week for this post, in which i confess to you, dear readers, that i am … more →
life in the heights.
oakies wrote 1 month ago: mount pleasant/columbia heights is an odd neighborhood these days. half-high-dollar hipster, half-b … more →
other dreams.
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oakies wrote 2 months ago: i’m up at Good Letters today, blogging about Martin Puryear’s evocative sculptures. the … more →
friday ear.
oakies wrote 2 months ago: for your listening pleasure: a little bergman, a little delilah, a little physics — all court … more →
roberta.
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oakies wrote 2 months ago: you get a gold star if you know who she(s) is. if you don’t, read this. p.s. and if you know … more →
thursday spirits.
oakies wrote 2 months ago: Recuerdo We were very tired, we were very merry– We had gone back and forth all night on the ferr … more →
thursday spirits.
oakies wrote 3 months ago: the house is so quiet this week. each family is taking turns taking vacations; this week, blue … more →
bike-in-the-rain to work day.
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oakies wrote 4 months ago: major props to all the newbies who were out on the DC streets this morning! it was a terrible day f … more →
psalm.
oakies wrote 5 months ago: I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are … more →
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