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Why I love going on vacay with my grown-up kids
When my kids were still very little, vacations weren’t exactly vacations, at least for me. Somebody has to make the arrangements, that’s me. Somebody has to pack, that’s me. Somebody has to make sure everybody’s okay, still me. So when we get home from the vacation, I need a vacation to recover from the vacation.…
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What you need to do in the next 500 days
I’ve got some not so breaking news for you. We’re not going to get back to normal anytime soon. The Delta variant showed us that Covid-19 is here to stay, and it’s up to us to learn to live with it. I will leave the health and safety protocols to doctors and scientists, but a…
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How Paulina Porizkova sparked gray pride
Love her? Hate her? However you feel about Paulina Porizkova, there is no denying she has sparked a nerve by baring her grief and depression, wrinkles and buttocks at age 56. My first memory of Paulina was of a luscious teenager who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1984. She was 18 then, from…
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How I’ve become so paranoid
One of my tasks every day except Sunday is to go through the list of Covid-19 cases — those who got sick, those who recovered, those who died. It is a task I don’t take lightly. I review each piece of information carefully and conscientiously, watching out for errors and inconsistencies. When I miss out…
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Where I’m taking a mental vacation
Sometime January, we were very fortunate to have escaped from quarantine to a house on a hill, somewhere in Batangas. This was when quarantine rules were relaxed a bit, and hotels and resorts started opening one by one. Because I was too paranoid to book a room in a hotel, I turned to AirBnB where…
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