Author Archives: susan

Beautiful soul

By susan | Published: 7/4/2008
His name was Eddie Graham Vaughan Jr., but the family always called him Little Eddie to distinguish him from his dad, Eddie Sr. Of course, by the time he became a young man, that nickname was a major misnomer. He was tall, with an imposing physique — you could imagine him crushing a beer keg [...]
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Of little girls and footwear

By susan | Published: 5/1/2008
Camille was headed on a field trip to the zoo this morning, and the instructions from school emphasized practical, weather-appropriate clothing and sneakers or tennis shoes. I was anticipating trouble from Camille, who likes her footwear pink, bare, and sock-free. I was so sure she’d resist that I followed her upstairs and started searching for [...]
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Laundry tales

By susan | Published: 5/1/2008
In the crush to get my research paper done for class and getting the house ready for Herb’s parents, who were coming to visit, I was doing some serious multitasking the other night. While the kids ate dinner, I headed upstairs to fold laundry. “Mommy, you should sit down and rest,” Abby said. When I [...]
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Liveblogging the Oscars

By susan | Published: 2/24/2008
Despite the fact that I’ve seen only a fraction of the nominated films, I’m returning to my tradition of liveblogging the Oscars. Let’s face it — the fun of the Oscars is in the clothes and the hair and the speeches. Plus, I’m convinced that half the voting Academy hasn’t seen the films either. And after [...]
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Stepping out with another blog

By susan | Published: 1/16/2008
Made my first post at Triad Diary, the paper’s blog about life in Greensboro. Herb is bitter I didn’t post it here first. I’ll try to get a photo and post it here.
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