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  • Miss G "graduated" from the upper elementary. Her school holds a moving up ceremony that is beyond painful to sit through. Since hers would be my third moving up ceremony, I thought, as an experienced parent, I could a…

  • Neighborhood politics

    Being president of one's neighborhood association is thankless drudgery. By "neighborhood association" I don't mean "homeowner's association"---those much-maligned groups responsible for collecting pool dues and making …

  • I ought to be at the hospital, but we had another snow day. If the school is closed, then we don't have to report for clinicals. It's a bit of a disappointment because I was curious about how my patient was doing. On …

  • Election Day is approaching. It's an off year for national elections, but here in Charlottesville, we're all fired up about City Council and School Board elections. Up until a few years ago, Charlottesville was one of …

  • In the neighborhood

    I love my neighborhood. I love it that there's a guy who dispenses biodiesel from a pump in his backyard that can only be reached by an unpaved alley. My next-door neighbors converted their car to biodiesel. Their only…

  • Jon: There's a wall of running water in the bathroom, and I peed right into it. Me: Are you sure you're supposed to pee into the running water? Jon: Yes. It's the best thing I've ever done. There was no …

  • Lunar Eclipse

    Isn't it funny how real life events are sometimes so bizarre, that you hesitate to write about them because you think no one will believe you? Not that anything stupendous has happened to me lately, I've just been thin…

  • Charlottesville in the News

    My city has come into the national spotlight recently for two reasons. First of all, we're featured in Cottage Living magazine as a cool place to hang out. A side bar article titled “Top 20 Ways to Get Charlottesvil…

  • I'm reading the collected stories of Eudora Welty. Some I've read before, and reading them is like revisiting old friends. I especially love “Why I Live at the PO.” Others are new to me. I discovered Eudora…

  • Only in Charlottesville

    So, Saturday, I was at a little natural foods store, in the small shopping plaza my friend Pina affectionately refers to as "Hippie Row." My coupon confused the cashier. She had to find the manager. We had to wait. Th…