I first figured out that I was pregnant as a married graduate student at UPenn. I of course called the insurance folks so that I could be a responsible expectant mother and take my vitamins and follow the fetus’ development. But guess what: UPenn’s student health didn’t cover maternity care! Because what women between theContinue reading “Terry’s Birth”
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Spitting pomegranate pits into the Seine.
I am going to a full moon picnic on the Pont des Arts (in the heart of Paris) tonight. An anglophone community organizes it every month to see the moon rise. Usually, it’s either too cold or too late for ‘yours truly’ to drag herself from home, but today I will go out. These get-togethersContinue reading “Spitting pomegranate pits into the Seine.”
Awakening on the I-95
In the rush of suburban, capitalist, 30-something, parenthood its easy to forget. Maybe that’s partly why we clutter up our lives so much. But every once in a while, it hits you upside the head. Today it did. It’s hot today, but the air is clean, it’s a slow and summertime day. It’s Sunday butContinue reading “Awakening on the I-95”
The View from a Broad 