Monthly Archives: August 2009

A Case of the Human Condition: Flowers Bursting From the Dirt — How Do They Do It?

They emerge from dirt, mud, manure, wood chips, worms, sow bugs. They taken in water and sun. And here they are — with their clean, symetrical lines, dewy textures and colors beyond naming. How do they do it?

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A Case of the Human Condition: A Generation of Preschoolers Trapped in Their Yards

When we first moved into our house in the hills, we like the curving, sidewalkless streets, the privacy and the rural ambience. But once the kids came along we weren’t so sure. We couldn’t let them cross our busy street until they were ten years old.

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A Case of the Human Condition: In Your Face Orchids

Stupendously, outrageously beautiful orchids.

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A Case of the Human Condition: Mad Men Exposes the ’60s Girdle — But How Will She Get It Off in Time?

Don’t miss the strip tease on the Mad Men season premiere. The tailored suit! The cloche hat! The pumps! So 1963! One by one, the blond stewardess drops her mid-century modest garments to the floor until there was nothing left between her, the show’s hero, and their one-night stand — except her girdle. How was she planning to get that thing off in time?

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A Case of the Human Condition: Why He Never Called Me Back . . .

The book’s cover was fuchsia, its title blunt: “Why He Didn’t Call You Back.” Just what I needed years ago when I was young and single and wondering why so many guys would take me out once or twice — then disappear without explanation. Gone. Evaporated. Poof.

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