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Writer, Gadget Girl, Finance Geek and Nonprofit Management professional.

Happy Bastille Day!

Here’s wishing all my French friends a very Happy Bastille Day.  In years past, I attended the Bastille Day party at the Phillips Collection, which has many fine pieces of French Impressionist art, or wandered down to Pennsylvania Avenue to watch the Waiter … Continue reading

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Plans, big plans! Now in 3D!

I’ve been very excited in recent weeks as I worked with a local architect to develop plans for an addition to my house. Adding anything to a house in my neighborhood is a complicated matter.  The house is over 100 … Continue reading

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Changes in music and books

There’s been a great deal written recently about how the book publishing industry is changing, but I think how it impacts writers is still very much a work in progress. Last fall, NPR did a report on Pearl Jam’s self … Continue reading

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Potomac Celtic Festival 2010

Every June I look forward to the Potomac Celtic Festival because it provides me the opportunity to enjoy celtic music, arts and crafts, story telling, and cultural organizations. For a year or two, the festival shrank from two days to … Continue reading

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When Words Fail

For the last two months, I’ve been thinking a lot about an old friend of mine.  We correspond mostly via email and through holiday greetings these days, but fifteen years ago I saw her every day.  I heard all her … Continue reading

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Equality in the new millennium: We aren’t quite there yet

I look forward to the day when the first sentence describing a Supreme Court nominee isn’t “the fourth woman to be nominated…” every time a woman is nominated for a high profile position like Supreme Court Justice. If it were … Continue reading

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I saw Rosalynn Carter today

I saw Rosalynn Carter today as I was out during lunch. Yes, the former first lady was in town as a stop on her tour for her new book, Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, but I had … Continue reading

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The iPad: Another piece of Apple magic enters my life

I will confess up front that I am one of those long-term Apple customers, commonly known as Mac Geeks in the 90’s, who sometimes drive their non-mac friends crazy because I love my mac and other apple products so much. … Continue reading

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“Just Another Turn-Your-Brain-Off Mindless Book”

During a recent flight, I heard one young woman ask another if the book she was reading was Janet Evanovich’s latest work.  The woman replied that it wasn’t her newest, but instead was one of the author’s earliest books, which … Continue reading

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Alt Rocker at the Bon Jovi concert

I have never been a Bon Jovi fan.  In fact, during their concert tonight, I think I recognized  at most three or four songs.  I recognized the songs, but not well enought to join the rest of the Verizon Center as … Continue reading

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