Monthly Archives: November 2009

>First Day on the Slopes

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Cicada Lady

>We took the girls skiing today for the first time. As Toby wrote here, it was a great success. I have so many memories of skiing when I was growing up in Vermont. Not too many of them involve 50 … Continue reading →

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>My sister’s status update today:

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Cicada Lady

> 10 years ago today Caine and I got married in a Burnsville courthouse while chewing gum and holding baby Hannah……would do it all again. I loved that. Just had to share it because I think it’s such a great … Continue reading →

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>Germs

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Cicada Lady

>A few years ago, Lucy, Evie, Toby and I went through six stomach viruses in one winter. The next winter we suffered through five. One of them was so terrible and contagious that it seemed we passed it on to … Continue reading →

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>Brussels Sprouts Revisited

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Cicada Lady

>When I was younger, Brussels sprouts made me gag. I literally could not choke them down. I remember the dread I would feel when my mom placed them in front of me. Even our dog didn’t like them so I … Continue reading →

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>Parasomnia Activity

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Cicada Lady

>When I was in high school, a friend drank a bottle of Robitussin and spent the better part of the night wide awake, screaming that spiders were crawling all over her skin. I spent the night trying to convince her … Continue reading →

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>Nia

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Cicada Lady

> There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them – Vicki Baum A few weeks ago at dinner, my friends Kelley and Hilary were talking about a dance class called Nia that they take at their gym. … Continue reading →

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>Children in the woods

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Cicada Lady

>A kid today can likely tell you about the Amazon rain forest – but not about the last time he or she explored the woods in solitude, or lay in a field listening to the wind and watching the clouds … Continue reading →

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>100 Pages

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Cicada Lady

> The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Cambell The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way, … Continue reading →

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