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One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for October 31st, 2008

Wharton at UPenn

Posted: Friday, October 31st, 2008 @ 8:40 pm in My Family | 1 Comment »

I just scared myself silly. Do you know how much Wharton costs a year? $51,700. E has completed his early admit application for Wharton School of Business from University of Pennsylvania. They will not accept any math below Calculus for transfer credit, so his trig and precal classes go away. This means that without physics, [...]

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Poem a day: The Women Who Made Me

Posted: Friday, October 31st, 2008 @ 4:35 pm in Writing | No Comments »

Three women, Grama Bunny, educated, talented. A master’s from Berkeley during the Depression And a hand that could draw the world, Even after a stroke struck. Grama Haston, tiny, bustling, The farm wife who hated the farm But peeled ten pounds of potatoes for my breakfast. Momma, teenage wife and mother, Wrestling four kids into [...]

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