Category Archives: Deep Thoughts

Not Enough

If there’s anything I’ve learned from this long weekend with my friends, it’s that it’ll never be enough. After lots of brunch dates, happy hours, dinners, beers, laughs and photos, I realize that I can never get enough of these … Continue reading

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Holiday Resolution

On this Black Friday, I made a conscious effort not to purchase anything (naturally I excluded restaurants, seeing as I have so many friends in town and we have to eat and drink somewhere). I am also making the following … Continue reading

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Band of Cousins

I don’t think I’ve talked enough about my cousins on this blog. My cousins mean the world to me. They are like the extra siblings that my parents just couldn’t handle (and I’m sure my aunts and uncles could never … Continue reading

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Lessons in Life

A man named Noah passed away today in Missoula, Montana. He and I had gone to school together for years, but had never been particularly close. He was an amazing guy, from what I knew of him, and was one … Continue reading

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Blessings

On my way home from dinner with friends this evening, I was trying to think of what to write in today’s blog posting. And the prevailing theme of all my thoughts, when I looked back on my day, was how … Continue reading

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Blog Tag

My cousin Kevin writes for the Baltimore Sun. I have always admired him and his writing abilities, (since long before he was published in The Best American Sports Writing) and I love reading his posts. He had one the other … Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary

Today marks the one year anniversary of this blog. Weird. So much has changed in that year. I got a new job, i ditched a boy and had another one ditch me, Brian decided to stay in Portland and three … Continue reading

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L’Shanah Tovah

The Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, was over a month ago. We are now well into the Jewish year 5769, but I was a little busy on the actual day itself (as well as Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and … Continue reading

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Mormons, Republicans, and Other Foreign Cultures

My hometown was home to a surprising number of Mormon families, considering it wasn’t located in either Utah or Arizona. One of my close friends in high school happened to be LDS, and she invited me to church with her … Continue reading

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The Good Parts Are Everywhere

A few weeks ago on a Friday, I got on a plane headed for Montana. I was feeling sorry for myself. The guy I was seeing just realized that he wasn’t that into me, I had been suffering from Bronchitis … Continue reading

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