Even shoes are political
My eldest has some atypical brain things that make her hilarious and challenging. She’s probably going to be like a friend of mine who...
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Sam Darling
Nov 20, 20163 min read
Zen and the art of laundry
Choices by the fascist regime now in charge of the USA have me leaning on my coping mechanisms more than usual. I’m refilling on too many...
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Sam Darling
Sep 28, 20161 min read
Unintentional bisexual erasure and regret
I have a confession. In my younger years I greatly enjoyed making a homophobic fuckwit plotz by pointing out that their favorite...
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Sam Darling
Sep 9, 20161 min read
Nous a French pop song from 1978 by Hervé Vilard
I had an auditory flashback whereby I realized why Bowie’s 1971 Life on Mars always felt familiar to me yet not quite right. Because I...
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Sam Darling
Jun 23, 20162 min read
Muse
Let’s talk about the muse and how they function in the life of the artist. We all have influences that kick our artistic butts into gear....
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Sam Darling
May 17, 20161 min read
Mina diva
I’m pretty good with knowing references around divas so it’s a bit shocking to realize I missed one. Particularly as our youngest has the...
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Sam Darling
Apr 17, 20162 min read
My sister the brave
In every family there is a person that holds the center; around whose gravitational pull the other family members orbit. We refer to them...
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Sam Darling
Apr 2, 20165 min read
Sharing economy versus the entitled class
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of car-sharing programs like ZipCar, Modo, or Car2Go. A convenient mode of transport that benefits the...
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Sam Darling
Mar 26, 20162 min read
Productivity habit
Since I manage a full-time job, a part-time job, a relationship, two children, friends, a cat, volunteer work, singing in the occasional...
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Sam Darling
Mar 14, 20161 min read
Maria looking 60s glam
I do enjoy pulling the celebrity-style vintage photos from my family vault to share with you guys. These are from a photo shoot my mother...
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Sam Darling
Mar 14, 20161 min read
The weight of personal history
The trouble with having such a deep knowledge of my family history is I find I must bite my tongue when my kids speak casually of their...
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Sam Darling
Jan 27, 20162 min read
Family rumors and famous wine
It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. You’ll recall I had a grandmother who escaped a concentration camp. In my historical digging I’ve learned...
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Sam Darling
Jan 1, 20162 min read
My Feminists are wrong to defend Princess Leia’s appearance
The Force Awakens is a touchstone cultural moment that’s sparked plenty of discussion and it’s no surprise that one of the topics would...
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Sam Darling
Dec 19, 20152 min read
Fearless nerds and the great prom caper
Being considered the foreign weirdo or nerd at most schools I attended, I didn’t have a lot of friends. I was mostly mocked for my looks....
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Sam Darling
Nov 5, 20151 min read
Helene on the radio in 1959
I had a fair number of technical difficulties with this entry as the reel-to-reel from 1959 was damaged. You’ll hear some interference...
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Sam Darling
Nov 2, 20153 min read
My life as a weirdo
Choir music is designed for the masses. The usual SATB music is chosen to fit a typical vocal range and allow for a blend of nice voices...
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Sam Darling
Oct 21, 20151 min read
Beach vacation 1940s France
Palavas-les-Flots is a French seaside resort south of Montpelier. My mother, along with her mother and new stepfather, spent a summer...
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Sam Darling
Oct 9, 20151 min read
Travel ruined me
I love seafood. I have always lived by the ocean apart from those six months in Alberta, Canada. My favorite restaurant as a child was...
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Sam Darling
Sep 30, 20152 min read
I call the Reagan Library
Immigrants to a new nation are often the most ardent in their love for their new country and my family was a classic example of the...
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Sam Darling
Sep 1, 20152 min read
Grandmother’s ukulele violin
As a child I knew there were some mysterious boxes stored behind this Chinese screen in my grandmother’s summer home. When I was twelve...
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