Tag: personal
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Golden Ticket – Part 3
Fortified by the visit with my college roomie and her daughter, I set out for the next part of the “Golden Ticket.” I loaded up Mustang Sally and hit the open road toward the Carolina coast. My parents bought a small condo in what had been a 1960s red-brick motel – complete with knotty pine…
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Golden Ticket – Part 2
Now, I earn my bread in academia, which means I had a break coming up. Usually, I don’t take much of a break – perhaps a day or two and I work less-than-usual during the rest of the time – but I was determined to make this break my “Golden Ticket.” I was helped out…
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Golden Ticket – Part 1
The next few Diva Dispatches are going to deal with a particular kind of advanced self care that I call “the Golden Ticket.” If you’re familiar with Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the novel, or the movies based on it – the Gene Wilder version is downright nightmare-inducing in the tunnel scene), you’ll remember that…