It's Turning Out To Be A Bad

I Am At My Worst Trying To Write About Things That Overlap With My Life.

I Did Go On Safari In Kenya When I Was 17, With My Mother, Stepfather And Little Brother, And I Kept A Careful Journal Of The Experience That Was Very Helpful In Terms Of My Sensory Impressions Of Africa. I Have Traveled Quite A Bit At Distinct Times In My Life, Though Now That I Have Kids I've Settled Down.

I'm Very Interested In The Way The Internet Has Changed Teenage Life. Obviously It's Very Different From When I Grew Up, When There Weren't Even Answering Machines, Much Less Computers. I Was Telling My Children This The Other Day, And The Little One Said, "did You Have Electricity, Mom?" And I Was Like Okay, Enough, Kid.

But It Was Another Girl, Young And New To The City, Fiddling With Her Keys.

Kathy Was A Republican, One Of Those People Who Used The Unforgivable Phrase "meant To Be"--usually When Describing Her Own Good Fortune Or The Disasters That Had Befallen Other People.