Double Dating in Massachusetes
To spice things up in the datingverse, and to utilize having Noah around, Megan and I decided to try a doublefirst date in Boston. Our plans to take a hot air balloon ride were drenched with inclement weather (shakes tiny fist at rain but not too hard because when wet, Boston is even more beautiful […]
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Pooling Around
Swimming laps allows my mind will wander all over the place while I pace back and forth, counting strokes haphazardly and occasionally checking to make sure no one is trying to throw a plugged in toaster into the pool.* I discovered this meditative state by accident when I was seventeen. Sometimes I would leave the […]
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When You’re Maybe Not What You Thought You Were
I’ve been thinking a lot about the conversation with our Ohio homestays, Kristin and Eric. Specifically the notion I brought up, that “I can handle frustration, pain, shame and someone making a fool of themselves.” And I have started to wonder if I’ve been oh so wrong about some of my actions over the course […]
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Scenes from a Coffee Shop
Things that are not actually awkward that I feel awkward about when doing them on a date: – Zipping up my jacket – Ordering at a restaurant – Cheese that is stringy – Napkins that have obviously mopped up spilled coffee and are not tucked away – Navigating the process of how to do something […]
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And Then There Was Maine
For the sake of context, I’d like to note that the date I’m about to write up is date number thirty. We’re not at state number thirty since I doubled up on Washington, Illinois and Nebraska, but the fact remains that I’ve gone on thirty first dates. This seems in and of itself some kind […]
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Homestay in Massachusetts
Somedays I feel a bit like Megan and I are Mary and Joseph, wandering the desert/countryside looking for shelter under which to spend the night.* Though Megs and I have a set schedule, it’s all based on my taking a young lad out. So we’re never quite sure where we’ll land come bedtime until I […]
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Communication
Two months and change is a long time in the car together, even if you are two fabulous, considerate and polite gals. Heck, two hours in the car with most anyone is usually quite enough. All this is to say that naturally, Megan and I aren’t always peaches and cream together. We’re human. We’re flawed. […]
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Interrupting New Hampshire
Once swept away in a twister, Dorothy was no longer in Kansas anymore* and once crossing into New Hampshire, it was clear that I was no longer in the Midwest anymore. How? Manners. (Hold that thought.) Dana, my NH date, was the first admitted single dad I dated on this adventure. For understandable reasons, single […]
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Amidst the Leaf-Peepers, At Least One Person Was Going on A First Date in Vermont
I’ve heard a lot of hootenanny about autumn in New England. Being from California, I thought it was all just a lot of hot air.* So I was dance-in-the-fallen-leaves excited to to learn that those people who gush about autumn in places like Vermont are not exaggerating. If anything, they’re not doing the color flurry […]
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A Nip of Nostalgia
When I was a kid, my brother and I spent summers hunkered down in our maroon van with our parents, touring the country. My family is bit 1970s inclined in a variety of ways, from the paisley shirts my father still wears to the wood paneling in our home, and our means of traveling for […]
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