All posts tagged "essays"
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Holiday Tidings
Given the avaricious nature of the season -- when Santa treats everyone like a little baby Jesus, everybody wins -- it's no surprise that I...
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Two Christmases
In one of the more poignant moments of a motion picture that I hold dear -- a staple of my personal cinematic catalog -- there...
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Xmas Fear
This week I'll be heading to New Port Richey, Fla., to spend Christmas with my widowed mother who lives alone in a ''55 and older''...
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Campastrophic: Of Moonwalks, Musicals and Mishkuntas
July 20, 1969, nighttime. Crickets are chirping. A warm breeze gently sifts through the trees, rustling the leaves. A small, black-and-white TV emits a glow...
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Home Is Where the Camp Is
Given the theme of the magazine that I'm sure you've come to expect thus far, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I've actually never been...
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Camp Out
Ah, summer, the season most attuned to the coming of age of the all-American boy -- even the all-American gay boy. And what's more representative...
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Boys and Balls
As summer-camp memories go, mine are scant. I've settled for the vicarious pleasure of listening to my gay pal, Mike, share his memories of charmed...
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Bunny Business
Whether I'm standing in a grocery checkout lane surrounded by bright plastic baskets, wandering a mall filled with gourmet-chocolate bunnies, or enduring the interminable wait...
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Just another Sunday
It only takes a few seconds and I'm there. Thirteen years old again, at a Christian camp with a group of 10 other boys, in...
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Family Feast: Cross Cultural
Cooking my first Thanksgiving dinner for my in-laws last year, things were going perfectly up until the point when I sliced off the tip of...
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Family Feast: Food for Thought
You probably wouldn't expect to eat Ghormeh Sabzi on Thanksgiving Day. And unless you're Persian, you probably have no idea what the hell Ghormeh Sabzi...
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Summer Vacation
Vacations. For some, they're about adventure. For others, they're about complete relaxation. They can be quiet, they can be loud. They can be in a...
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
I've never really been the vacationing type. I have a number of handy excuses for this personality flaw. My work schedule generally precludes me from...
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Vacation Outing
My most beloved tropical vacation began with a single border crossing. There is no other way to get to Dulles than to cross into Virginia....
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Second City Safari
My partner tells the story of her family's Brady Bunch-inspired drive to the Grand Canyon and back, two parents and three kids with pop-up camper...
