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Are You Going Home for Thanksgiving? Where Are You From?
November 21, 2012, Washington, DC: “Are you going home for Thanksgiving? Where are you from?” I’ve met more new people than usual in the months leading up to this holiday, so I’ve fielded these...
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Grateful
“I come from a long line of women who open their handbags and take out swatches of upholstery material, colored squares of bathroom tile, seven shades of yellow paint samples, and strips of flowered...
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Home, Simplicity & Frank Lloyd Wright
“As we live and as we are, Simplicity – with a capital “S” – is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a more complex...
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Sarah’s Room of Her Own In Brooklyn Heights
Photo Credit: Sarah Baker This is one in a series of interviews about our neighborhoods and the people who love them. Would you like to participate? Click here for more information about contributing...
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Miles from Monday: Top 10 Travels of 2012
Miles from Monday is a travel series focused on venturing out of the spaces we inhabit during our work week and retreating to landscapes that feel far from routine. December 31, 2012, Washington, DC:...
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A Home Full of Music
January 5, 2013, Washington, DC: Husband and I received an amazing present this Christmas in Connecticut: a retro Crosley record player. We joyfully snapped it up like an old-fashioned suitcase and...
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Remedies, Wellness & Cures
January 7, 2013, Washington, DC: Country music played on the radio and the clean white lines of the Memorial Bridge stretched over the Potomac River at low tide as I snaked alongside it Saturday...
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An Hour To Spare in Dupont Circle
February 5, 2013, Washington, DC: I had an hour or so to spare this evening in Dupont Circle. Instead of returning straight home from work, I walked across the Taft Bridge over Rock Creek Park,...
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Love Letter to Home
“My space reflects the life I’ve lived so far, and it’s filled with stuff that has been with me for years, stuff that reminds me of where I’ve traveled, who I’ve loved, and where I want to go next.”...
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Lessons in Living, From the Backcountry
This is one in a series of interviews featuring people invested in our homes, our neighborhoods and the power of place. Would you like to participate? Click here for more information about...
View ArticleAt Day’s End: A Tour Guide’s True DC
neighborhood nomadsPhoto Credit: Canden Schwantes This is one in a series featuring our city neighborhoods and the people who love them. Would you like to participate? Click here for more information...
View ArticleA Well-Edited Home
neighborhood nomadsJune 14, 2013, Washington, DC: Maybe painters see their living space as a canvas and actors picture it as a stage. The writer in me views home as a massive editing project. If home...
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Neighborhood NomadsDecember 24, 2013, Washington, DC: We moved about ten days ago. For weeks, it seemed, carpets were rolled up, boxes piled sky high, and rooms smelled like cardboard. That’s largely...
View ArticleThe Upside to Cabin Fever
Neighborhood Nomads June 26, 2014, Washington, DC: I’ve spent more time home than ever since little one arrived. She made her debut just before the temperature hit sweltering and the azaleas out front...
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