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Archive for May, 2007

Blake is Five

( Personal Courage and Faith and American Culture and Adoption )

Back in 2002, my husband Noel and I were having what became our last quiet, non-hurried evening out to eat. We were at a place in Fredericksburg known as Sammi T’s. Sammi T’s had this great combination of vegan food and a smoking section. That’s Fredericksburg — full of denial and pretense, like the tobacco […]

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Smarty-Pants Gets Smarter Still

( On Being an Artist )

Epilogue to UVA Commencement:
Noel graduated With Highest Distinction (in other words, Summa Cum Laude).
He has such potential — if only he applied himself
We love you Noel!

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My Smarty-Pants Husband

( On Being an Artist )

My smarty-pants husband will be graduating from UVA today with a BS in Cognitive Science, concentrating in Neuroscience. I am immensely proud of him for his persistence and hard work. He will immediately be continuing his work towards a doctorate in Neuroscience at UVA, and we get to stay in Charlottesville!
Noel is a singularly talented, […]

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Already a Heretic

( Faith and American Culture )

I had one of those “what the heck have I done with my life” feelings in Bible study this morning. Even admitting to myself that I regularly attend Bible study is weird. If my friends in Brooklyn knew, I don’t know what they’d think. Of course, they thought that pretty much every choice I made […]

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