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    Weekend Wanderer: Where’s the Wi-Fi?

    May 30, 2026

    I thought there would be Wi-Fi.  Look. I’m no stranger to the corners of the planet lacking Wi-Fi. Our family cabin, built by my husband’s grandfather in 1938,…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: The Backyard Massacre

    May 16, 2026

    I was not the one to call.   Sure. There are situations in which I am the one to call.  Like the day the beagle rescue called to say a nine-year-old beagle…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: Close the Door

    May 9, 2026

    It’s spring.  So now, besides worrying about getting trapped in a deep-sea submersible, demonic possession, tumbling into space when my tether to the space shuttle is…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: It’s Raining … Toilet Water. Hallelujah?

    May 2, 2026

    We’re going to talk about toilets today.  I won’t be graphic. It’s cool to sip your coffee and eat your biscotti.  I remember the day I moved into my apartment. Just…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: My Phone and the Apocalypse

    April 25, 2026

    Let’s just stipulate we’re all addicted to our phones. That society is disintegrating beneath the weight of our screens. That one day, our phones will rise up. Kill us. Decimate…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: I Want to Watch ‘Community’ 

    April 18, 2026

    My husband and son are binge-watching the late-aughts television show Community.  It’s a nice little bit of bonding between the two of them, critical now that my…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: Birthdays, College Tours, and the Empty Nest

    April 11, 2026

    I remember reading Theresa Bloomingdale’s treatise on child rearing, I Should Have Seen It Coming When the Rabbit Died. Her elementary school-aged child calls her “about…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: I Bid in Gwyneth Paltrow’s Auction 

    April 4, 2026

    You may remember I placed a bid in Gwyneth Paltrow’s auction.  Well, let’s back up a bit.  Perusing the auction house website made it apparent several items were within my price point.  But…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: My Reality Is Virtual

    March 28, 2026

    I have a confession.  It’s not terribly juicy.  But it is incredibly awesome.  I’ve been taking an online class. Just for fun. It’s about Celtic women in medieval literature…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: And I Pretend to Pray …

    March 21, 2026

    Despite the rollator drama, things with Willie have been uneventful.  Don’t get worked up. My saying that isn’t going to jinx anything.   Willie has seen to that.  I was visiting Willie a few weeks…

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    Weekend Wanderer: She Told Me to Walk This Way

    March 14, 2026

    Needless to say, Willie loves drama.  I could give you links to specific columns, but really. If you pick one Willie-looking column in the above link, you’ll get…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: The Problem with ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘RoboCop’

    March 7, 2026

    One of the nerdier things I participate in is Biblioventures through The Rosenbach, a Philadelphia museum for literature lovers.   Biblioventures is a free, online series. Each season, the Rosenbach picks a book. One…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: That Mess Is Not Mine

    February 28, 2026

    I came home from visiting my oldest at college to find my youngest — home alone for days — had cleaned the dishwasher filter.  I…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: Elegy for Sea Moss

    February 21, 2026

    I am not a social media trend follower. I am, however, a follower of celebrity gossip. I can remember my grandmother dishing with me about…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: That’s Not My Stuff

    February 14, 2026

    Years before I moved Willie into assisted living, I helped Indy and Willie pack up their house for the move to the Temple of Doom.  Packing…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: I’m in a Gerard Butler Hole

    February 7, 2026

    It started innocently enough.  One day, late in 2024, I was surfing my streamers for something to watch.   I wanted something new, something I could follow with,…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: A Contest with No Winner

    January 31, 2026

    My physical therapy orders indicated I had a Colles fracture.   So I Googled it.  Fracture of the wrist, usually from falling on an outstretched hand.  You don’t say.  Colles fractures, my…

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    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: Do I Exist? 

    January 24, 2026

    I remember how disturbed I felt reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The eponymous characters felt so untethered. With no real idea of why they were…

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