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Letter to my Heart: And I will try, too

2/15/09 7:42pm by washwords
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Be not afraid, my heart You are rich, thicker than you think with cords of red and purple velvet support they will not bind you are there to cushion, should you let them You are not made of construction paper cut neatly with plastic scissors along the arc You are not sugarwafer Nor stamped with a message to advertise impressing on your organs and your soul  Read more >

X365: blogging your love and your break ups in 100 words or less.

2/8/09 6:50pm by washwords
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In honor of Valentine's Day, and in preparation for finally getting back to my book, "Red Line to Dumpsville: my year of dating in Washington, DC" I'm thinking about all the men I've loved (and my girlfriends have loved. and hated) before and I want to know... what are yourr best/worst love/hate stories? In a twist, I'm combining with favorite writing exercise, x365, in which you write each day on a person you've encountered in the number of words of your age (36 in my case). It's easier to show than tell, so here we go.  *******  Read more >

Mommy-tracking? Real or not?

7/13/08 7:29am by washwords
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Am I completely, completely evil, to resent the new “New Parent” Community of Practice,” (CoP)set up to “help new parents and managers navigate work/life balance”?   Behind the scenes I was told that the “problem”  that new parents wish to see addressed in this new CoP is the “mommy tracking”: the fact that they are “kept from promotions because of their parental status.”  Read more >

Freedom's just another word (on independence and ... dependence)

7/4/08 2:01pm by washwords
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Happy Independence Day. In honor of the day, I've been thinking a lot about independence and dependence and how to have both in a relationship, in a life. I'm blogging about it here. I've curious what you think.  Read more >

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May 2008
About Me: 

one woman's words, wonderings, wanderings, in Washington, DC

I'm a 30-something DC'er, former journalist, essayist, poet.

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