Category Archives: The Confessional

Low Hanging Fruit

By Linda | April 15, 2010

“New Bra”—3-M’s Most Important Invention Since Post-It Notes!
We all groan (sometimes) about the overwhelming and increasing burden of reading and answering our emails. Many of us have more than one account, to our now great regret. And let’s face it, where we once took delight in hearing the computer simulated voice shout “You’ve [...]

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Our Culture of Greed and Gluttony: Don’t Be a Turkey on Turkey Day!

By Linda | November 25, 2009

And that is my topic for today’s abbreviated post. This is not your typical, “I am thankful for all the wonderful things I have, for my children and family, for my job.” Nope. Not this year. Try these new ideas on for size.
So for what and to whom am I thankful? [...]

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Meeting My Past and Facing the Future

By Linda | November 3, 2009

Can one live in the past, present and future all at once? What in my past will help to shape my future?
These are not questions pondered in a vacuum. No, events of this past week have given me enough fodder to fuel the fire of my passions. Alas, in either direction.
This [...]

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Gripe Session

By Linda | October 19, 2009

I have been very proud of myself for the great restraint I have shown by not posting yet on the legislative machinations surrounding health care reform. I have now come to the end of my self-imposed silence.
Why? The debate has taken a new, very ugly and dangerous turn. The airwaves no longer [...]

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EEEEK! How Much Can One Woman Take in One Day?

By Linda | October 16, 2009

A lot. And then some.
No doubt some (many? almost all?) of you suffer physical or emotional (or both) fatigue some (most? all?) of each day, week, month or year. Well, if you haven’t, you can stop reading right now.
For those of you who have even one extra ounce of energy to read on (for that [...]

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Air Travel: Arriving with an Avalanche of Advice

By Linda | October 2, 2009

Once again I am in the air. Short hop to Boston on Jet Blue. And you know what that means—TV satellite at every seat. For your viewing pleasure, as long as you don’t mind the constant interruption of reminders about how long we will be in the air (57 minutes), what beverages will [...]

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The Subject is Thighs: Bigger is Better?!

By Linda | September 8, 2009

The internet has its way of changing one’s mood as often as one’s mind in a moment’s notice. I was never more manipulated than I was last Friday when I opened one of my weekly medical e-newsletters. The subject: general medical news—just so I can keep up on everything outside of my rather narrow specialty. [...]

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Ladies of the Court—From Round Robins to Round Tables

By Linda | August 22, 2009

A transformation almost worthy of a fairy tale occurred yesterday while some of the Ladies of the Court spent two very hot, steamy hot hours confronting our physical prowess and went racquet to racquet in round robin tournament play. With my new found skills, I went up against the best of the best. Alas, very [...]

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Ladies of the Court—When It’s Time to Switch Sides

By Linda | August 20, 2009

Tennis is a huge part of my life on the Vineyard. As soon as we get off the ferry, one of the first places we head is to Matakesett Tennis Club on Katama Road. George Brown has been the tennis pro there for at least theplast 20 years. We spend a few minutes catching up [...]

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A Predictably Unpredictable Vacation—Hey, It’s the Little Things

By Linda | August 3, 2009

Route 90 East is the long, generally boring, well-traveled route which encounters route 425 East, which leads directly over the Bourne Bridge to route 28 South into Woods Hole, Massachusetts. After twenty years, I could do the drive with my eyes closed. But as the lone driver and only passenger of our fun and food-filled mini-van, [...]

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