Category Archives: Such is Life

Law and Order

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

I think that every generation of children has a touchstone television show whose ingrained theme song immediately brings back their youth. For me, it was Leave it to Beaver, and then later with my younger brothers, most definitely The Dick … Continue reading →

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The Same Old Story

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

The basic plot lines of  forbidden love, the overwhelming desire for what you can’t have, undiluted jealousy have been the fodder for umpteen movies, cheap paperbacks, great works of fact and fiction, and certainly scads of episodes of Law and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Drink the Water

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

For two crystal clear days in June I was sequestered in a conference room in a swanky Chicago hotel listening to presentations on mouth sores – an exquisitely painful side effect of cancer therapy.  The room darkened and the group … Continue reading →

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I Can Hear My Breasts

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

For several years friends have been recommending that I read Nora Ephron’s collection of essays called “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” saying that we have a similar writing style and that both of us seem to be pretty agreeable … Continue reading →

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Family Car Ride

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

Although the seven hour car ride to our vacation spot has remained largely unchanged over the past 40 years, the context has gone through several evolutions.  As kids, the absolute keyed up anticipation of summer vacation made the trip endless; … Continue reading →

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Priority Access

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

It is easy to get nostalgic about the early days of flying, when air travel was still such a novel luxury that men wore sportcoats, women wore pearls and peppy stewardesses served macadamia nuts.  Everyone truly believed that they could … Continue reading →

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So many images flitting across the computer screen from the royal wedding – those absurd hats – fascinators – that find their full flower when royals gather, and the equally ridiculous military uniforms with oversized epaulets, sashes, elaborately braided ropes … Continue reading →

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Liza Blue | Leave a comment

Life at the Bottom

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Liza Blue

For the past three years, I have had the great privilege of working in a home office that overlooks several hundred acres of prairie.  As I gnash my teeth over the struggles of my professional life, I can look up … Continue reading →

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I Was a Loser

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Liza Blue

Milestones came at a rapid clip when our son Ned was an infant – crawling, sitting, standing and first words. Once school started, these milestones slowed down, replaced by the predictable progress through one grade after the next. But now … Continue reading →

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Just Don’t Go

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Liza Blue

The house is quiet after a busy summer of kids coming and going, and Nick and I can now settle back into our lives of empty-nesters with a reduced slate of parental responsibilities.  I hear younger friends tell frenzied stories … Continue reading →

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