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I am my mother’s voice. An unfortunate cocktail of prescription medication put her in a near coma several years ago and has gradually led...
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deborahavant
Oct 53 min read
A new life season?
I just made a tomato sandwich. Cherokee purple tomato from our roof garden, my sourdough bread toasted, a basil leave torn over it, salt...
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deborahavant
Aug 236 min read
Our turn-of-the-millennium legacy
Twenty-five years ago, we were living in Silver Spring, Maryland and thinking about the turn of the millennium. It was a big deal;...
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deborahavant
Jul 18 min read
Four heart-swelling days
We moved my parents last week. We have been talking about one-story “cottage” on their large property for years where they could escape...
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deborahavant
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Scones (a cookbook preview)
Today I made scones. As some of you know, I started working on a cookbook last year. It is a cookbook/memoir of sorts. The idea is to...
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deborahavant
Sep 11, 20233 min read
Can we learn from my students about ground rules for public discourse?
I started teaching today. It is a team-taught class, “Great Issues,” required for all incoming MA students. It has both a lecture...
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deborahavant
Aug 11, 20234 min read
Did Altoids just change my relationship with my dad?
So…it has come up in my musings before that my dad has dementia. It is vascular dementia, which means it is not all about forgetting...
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deborahavant
May 27, 20239 min read
What I learned on my trip to Budapest
It seemed innocuous at the start. A former student, now a professor, directing a center at a Budapest university invited me to come and...
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deborahavant
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Reflecting on ISA
I went to yoga this morning. First time in a week. Felt great. As I went to set my intention, though, I had to pause. The last few months...
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deborahavant
Jan 15, 20233 min read
Coming home
Last week I flew into DC. I have been there a couple of times since the pandemic but this was a longer and more official trip to host a...
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deborahavant
Jan 2, 20235 min read
Musings for the new year
2022 was a year. Not only in global politics but in my life. It was not all bad, but it was intense. I have grown to wonder if this is...
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deborahavant
Dec 2, 20224 min read
A Call From a Los Vegas Hospital
I got a call yesterday from Los Vegas and didn’t answer. I don’t know anyone there. I thought it was likely a robocall of some sort. But...
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deborahavant
Aug 25, 20223 min read
When you take your parents on vacation
I took my mom and dad to Santa Fe last weekend. I have met them I Santa Fe many times since I have been an adult. And they used to take...
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deborahavant
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Confessions of a baker
At some point during COVID, I became an addict. It wasn’t at the beginning but sometime during the fall of 2020 I decided to make my own...
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deborahavant
Aug 11, 20222 min read
Why do we count what we count?
I have challenged myself in August to either hike 10+ miles or write 1,000+ words each day. (See pic from Saturday's hike.) Yesterday, I...
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deborahavant
Aug 4, 20223 min read
All the other stuff
I blog in a number of places about "serious" things; my posts here are intended to be about all the other stuff - hiking, cycling,...
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deborahavant
6 days ago3 min read
I Am My Mother's Voice
I am my mother’s voice. An unfortunate cocktail of prescription medication put her in a near coma several years ago and has gradually led...
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deborahavant
Oct 53 min read
A new life season?
I just made a tomato sandwich. Cherokee purple tomato from our roof garden, my sourdough bread toasted, a basil leave torn over it, salt...
42 views0 comments
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