“Whatcha Say,” deconstructed
A warning to my teenaged girls: there are lots of guys out there who will say and do anything to maintain a relationship that puts themselves before you. Don’t fall for it...
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Crossing That Bridge
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – July 19, 2003 – Remarrying is like touching the stove as a small child and becoming horribly burnt, and then later having others tell you, “it’s okay, it’s not hot, you can touch the stove again, no really…” And you’re thinking, “but… but… look what happened the last time!” But when I see her face,...
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WASHINGTON, DC, USA – December 24, 1998 – We drove down Constitution Avenue on a chilly Christmas Eve morning. An onslaught of freezing rain had hit Washington the night before, and the streets had turned into skating rinks. I carefully monitored my car’s handling as we passed the hulking Department of Commerce building. Looming over our heads, we passed the Washington Monument...
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA – July 3, 1998 – My subconscious was trying to tell me something. She sat at an information kiosk – one of those help-yourself, walk-up workstations – in the lower level of O’Hare. Short dress, long curly blonde hair clipped back, long legs crossed as she intently browsed the screen. I had been sleeping, upstairs, on a bench near my gate,...
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