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In Which I Overanalyze Les Miserables, the Film

Lara Neves — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:07:00 +0000

The Oscars were last night, and Les Miserables came to a theatre near me just in the nick of time. Living in a small town like mine can be frustrating where the Academy Awards are concerned, because when you already don’t watch R-rated films, you don’t get to see many of the nominees. And then when...

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Black & Blue January

Lara Neves — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:36:00 +0000

The world really is black and white in winter here. As proof, this picture is in color. The sky is usually white, the ground is white, and nearly everything else is black or grey. My red car almost seems out of place, like a colorized element in a black & white photograph. The spring is...

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I Got an “F” in Laundry Today, and I’m Totally Okay With That

Lara Neves — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:36:00 +0000

A couple weeks ago, my oldest came home very happy about her Social Studies test. “Mrs. T said that I had nice essays!” she told me. Later, when I actually looked at the test, I saw she had received a C-, which normally would make my perfectionistic-since-birth daughter very upset. I asked her if she...

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The Great Jell-O War of 2010

Lara Neves — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:53:00 +0000

When I was a kid, my mom always made the same green Jell-O salad for Thanksgiving dinner and other special occasions. It was the same Jell-O salad that her mother had made before her. Oh, how I loved it! Besides pumpkin pie, it was my favorite part of the Thanksgiving feast, and I looked forward...

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Soare Cu Dinti

Lara Neves — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:41:00 +0000

“Soare cu dinti” is a Romanian phrase that means “sun with teeth.” They use it to describe one of those beautiful winter (or fall, or even spring) days where the sun is shining, the sky is blue, but you’ll still freeze to death if you go outside. We had one of those toothy days yesterday,...

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Ten Lessons I Learned from Conference (Conference Cinnamon Rolls, That Is)

Lara Neves — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0000

1. If you want to have your cinnamon rolls ready to eat by the first session (which is now at NOON for me, are you jealous?), then you should probably not volunteer to help with the preschool rummage sale from 7:45 am until 11:00 am. No, you will not miss any of conference, but you will...

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