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  1. 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 >

  2. 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 >

  3. 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 >

  4. 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 >

  5. "Independence is the easy part"

    7/2/08 11:03pm by washwords
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    With Independence Day rolling around, I'm thinking about independence and dependence. Webster's notes that "depend" is from the Latin "to hang from"  and so I have wondered does loving, depending mean you have to hang from? In college I was sure depending was a bad thing, a way to lose yourself. Now, I'm not so sure - there's a beauty to depending, and a wonder about being depended on.  Read more >

  6. wow - love the new look!

    6/22/08 6:14pm by washwords
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    Hey, just a short note to say "WOW" - i haven't been on the site in a few days (maybe a week) and I'm totally impressed. rock on! it looks great!  Read more >

  7. twitter me this | del.icio.us me that. washwords is.... confused.

    5/8/08 2:31pm by washwords
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    I was reading a great article on publishing2.com about the proliferation of the SAME news article out there 10 zillion times. I'm similarly overwhelmed by the wonderful but terrifying abundance of web/media tools out there. For a newbie/researcher at heart, this is a crazy ride!   I'm blogging about it here and would LOVE to hear what you think/use. Help!   Read more >

  8. gross behavior - don't tell mom.

    5/7/08 6:24pm by washwords
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    sometimes i do the grossest things.  I think I just hit a new low.  I bought (i kid you not), in a package, from the "prepared foods" fridge, a package... of steamed (to be steamed) pork buns from .... 7 -11. And I ate them.   Please don't tell my mom. or grandma. or ANY ex-bf, I may have led to believe I was svelte and ever-hip now.   And please DO tell me yours. I need to cleanse myself in someone else's sinful behavior now. p.s. they were good.  http://washwords.wordpress.com   Read more >

  9. W A S H W O R D S - dc area blogger

    5/4/08 4:13pm by washwords
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    Like the bursting out of the spring time, the blogosphere is blooming before me. A longtime flirt (tease maybe), I considered, even started this blog half a dozen times or so before finally making it "real," thanks in large part to my pal, Soupy Meg.  Read more >

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washwords dc
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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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