One of my many weekend trips home over the past few months wasn’t by Amtrak or Peter Pan bus, but rather the Metro North train from Grand Central to New Haven. It was the plan for Brian to get to New Haven around 6 PM, around the time I’d be arriving, and then driving back [...]

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In the 5 months that I have lived in NYC, I have not spent many of my weekends here (cue a raised-eyebrow “You don’t say?” from my co-workers, who often see me lugging my weekend travel bag into the office on Fridays). In fact, I can probably count the number of weekends on one hand. [...]

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So, in news that’s probably not surprising to absolutely anyone who knows me (and definitely not surprising to those who already know)… I’m leaving NYC and moving back home to Rhode Island.
It was a decision that was both not at all and very difficult to make, and yet one I am absolutely at peace with.
It’s [...]

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I logged a lot of miles last year, training for my first marathon.
I started training months and months before the day of the race. Short runs turned to long runs turned to longer runs. Mild temperatures turned to freezing temperatures turned to warmer temperatures.  Long-sleeved shirts and headbands turned to long pants and gloves and [...]

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Today I was outed by my niece as a bad blogger.
Those weren’t her exact words, per se, but when she told me she had been doing some research on me (those were her exact words) online, she mentioned that she saw I had posted something about William’s birthday.
“Hmmm, William’s birthday,” I thought. “That was in [...]

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A bouquet from Bizzy.

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Two years ago yesterday I lost my beloved dog Bismarck.
A few months ago I had unpublished this post about his life - and the sad, sad day of his death - because it goes into so much detail about stuff that’s a little awkward to put out there now. But I’m going to keep it [...]

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My little nephew Henry, who has grown from this tiny little thing, in his Auntie Janie’s arms…

into a happy, joyous bundle of love…

turns one year old today.
It seems like just yesterday I was tweeting about and excitedly announcing his arrival.
But yesterday I was actually at the 140 Characters Conference in NYC with Audrey, where the [...]

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Last night my mom, dad, Audrey and I went out to dinner to celebrate Audrey’s 31st birthday. Yes, her birthday was a week earlier, on May 23, but it fell on Memorial Day weekend, and it was a pretty jam-packed weekend at that, so the birthday dinner was pushed to May 30.
It’s funny that Audrey [...]

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One of the good things about living back at home with my parents right now is that since they live about a mile from Audrey and her family - and Audrey’s boys pretty much love nothing more than going over to Grandma and Pop-up’s house - I get to see my nephews (or at least [...]

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