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November 2013

November 08, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Problem with Universal Self-Esteem Boosts

It has become a cultural cliché, how our children are bombarded with efforts to raise...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Still Point

We live in a heavily wooded neighborhood with an unfortunate preponderance of oak trees. Oaks...

October 18, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Just Look Up

This is a photo of nothing more than the blue sky over my daughter's middle...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] What My Kids and My Garden Have in Common

I struggled to find a good photo subject for today's post. Right now, most of...

September 20, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] I Wrote a Book. Want One?

I will confess something that will be not at all surprising to most of you,...

September 06, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Summer and Fall in Tandem

I walked outside after my book group meeting last night around 10:30, and the air...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The kids went back to school on Wednesday, all smiles and energy. (The teenager left...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Married 16 Years Today

We fill our walls here on Oak Ridge Lane not with fine art (we have...

July 12, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Instead of the Loaves & Fishes, the Hosta & Hydrangeas

While I love strolling through a garden center looking for just the right plant for...

July 04, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Red, White, and Blue

June 2013

June 28, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Banishing the Bugs

For the past few springs, my lilies have been infested early in spring by red...

June 21, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] It Bloomed After All

I'm starting a simple Friday tradition of posting a snapshot from the environment in which...