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COLUMNS ABOUT HOLLY
3/20/03 #1
Ready for a Change (quit job, sold house…)
3/21/03 #2
Bacon Retaliation (smells like bacon)
3/28/03 #9
My Little Addiction (no. not drugs...)
3/29/03 #10
Almost Competent (learning to gym)
4/2/03 #14
Weather or Not (blizzard of 03/03)
4/19/03 #31
Learning to Add Zing (catherine bauer class)
4/20/03 #33
Tuning In (adrian legg concert)
4/27/03 #39
Shrouded in Lying (easter with shelby)
4/28/03 #40
A Step Up (my stairs have taught so much)
4/29/03 #41
War News (i don’t have a clue)
5/1/03 #43
Hairdresser's Harrowing Experience (problems with jail)
5/3/03 #45
Lucky Day? (neighbor gets thrown out)
5/4/03 #46
The Fabric Art of Life (Fiber artist signs painting)
5/6/03 #48
Food for Thought (talk with homeless teens)
5/9/03 #51
It's All in the Name (mayor party)
5/12/03 #54
Here 'Tender 'Tender (getting to serve wine)
5/13/03 #55
Never Ending Curiosity (come on...)
6/3/03 #68
Some Kind of Normal (got electricity dance)
6/4/03 #69
Little Baggage (eliza helping me pack)
6/5/03 #70
Ready...Set... (last conversation before we left)
6/6/03 #71
Can't Sleep (adrenalin rush before travel)
6/8/03 #73
These Little Bits (adventure of travel)
6/26/03 #91
Transforming Sound into Color (artist painting)
6/28/03 #93
The Browns Skip Town (memories of neighbors)
6/29/03 #94
The Dog Days of Summer School (interviewing)
7/1/03 #96
Return to Sender (miscarriage)
7/6/03 #101
Easy (Fishy) Money (getting rich by bank error)
7/20/03 #108
Insult Season (insult booth at fair)
8/27/03 #116 Diplomat
for Foreign Students (hanging with peach girl at market)
9/13/03 #119 Mama Mediation (chatting
with Hispanic girl)
9/27/03 #122 Bird Woman's
Artistic Urges (neighbor hammers on windshield)
12/5/03 #141 Sample + Sample = Lunch
(food show in san fran)
12/27/03 #147 Getting to Know Wine
(winery in napa valley, ca)
1/3/04 #149 Burning Desire
(flu)
2/1/04 #159 Do Homeless
People Like Sushi? (making christmas lunch in shelter)
2/8/04 #160 He Needed H-E-L-P (homeless
spelling lesson)
2/22/04 #162
Foggy. Then Sunny. Lots of Bathrooms. Oh. And. I Almost Got Arrested. (drive
out west)
2/29/04 #163 The Steam Had
Its Say (in the sauna)
3/6/04 #164 The
Story in You: Pinetop Arizona (talking to high school kids about writing)
3/28/04 #167 The Obsession
of Possession (wandering in beaver creek, co)
4/3/04 #168 A Tiger Cures
Fearlessness (meeting pet tiger)
4/10/04 #169 High Heeled Snow
Hike (walking up mountain in heels)
5/8/04 #173 Lessons (sexpert talk)
5/15/04 #174 Me? Cross Country
Ski? (skiing to pine creek cookhouse)
5/20/04 #179 Eeny Meeny
Miney Interviews (haberman interview)
7/4/04 #181 Visitors Don't Speak
(toastmasters meeting)
7/11/04 #182 Calendar
Boy's Invisible Itch (boy with bet)
7/18/04 #183 Rhetorical
Dead Head Advice (grateful dead concert)
8/8/04 #186 Without a Mask (photo
by famous photographer)
8/16/04 #187
My Downtown Denver Un-Office Writing Adventure (Wandering with a notebook)
8/29/04 #189
Fast Flat Fix? Fat Chance! (hometown tire plug)
9/5/04 #190 Wear More Orange (buying
old clothes with new surprise)
10/31/04 #198 Why Chase Shadows
(mammogram)
11/7/04 #199 Princess Camping (camping
with friends)
12/19/04 #204 Moving Stories (have
to leave home...)
1/10/05 #206 Rather Talk to Kids
(at shrimp counter)
2/27/05 #212 Teasing Wars (first auction)
3/25/05 #215 Hardly Working
to Fly (fixing blades)
4/10/05 #216 What's Wrong
with Her? (dizzies)
4/24/05 #217 Walking
the Machine of Fate (stress test)
6/26/05 #218: Run of Death (Pushing
doctor's orders)
7/24/05 #219:
Heart Surgury Looming in my Today ( getting to watch...)
10/2/05 #220: Scavengers by Choice
(hunting in downtown denver)
11/6/06 #226:
In Love of Legs: a letter to a child (pics, a dog bone, an offer)
10/7/07 #229: Collection by Mandate
(elephants???)
12/7/08 #232 Today I Travel (thoughts
about leaving)
COLUMNS ABOUT TEACHING:
9/12/04 #191 From
Dream to Job (return to teaching)
10/3/04 #194
Who Wants to Eat a Probably? (spider salad)
10/17/04 #196 A
Marriage Made in Sixth Grade (marriage advice)
2/20/05 #211 My
Invisible Disability Peeks Out (in the classroom)
11/27/05 #222:
How to Make a Homeless Kid Laugh (2 students, 1 weekend)
10/29/06 #225: Terrorism for
Children (telling...)
COLUMNS ABOUT FLIGHT ATTENDING
3/27/03 #8
Remote Solution (flying not scary at all)
4/15/03 #27
Exactly the Way I Left It (crash pad still intact)
4/16/03 #28
Always Connecting (my trip home)
6/25/03 #90
Doing no Wrong (jetBlue letter, bike ride)
6/30/03 #95
Feeling Blue (conversation with work)
7/4/03 #99
My jetBlue Headache (good company, bad policy)
7/7/03 #102
A Cleaning Mission (going to NYC)
7/8/03 #103
Stuffing the Body Bag (cleaning out crashpad)
COLUMNS ABOUT DATING
3/26/03 #7
Operation in Vain (his operation)
3/30/03 #11
Another Perfect Night (one more kiss…)
4/8/03 #20
Table Scrap Talk (uncomfortable marriage talk)
4/9/03 #21
Worst First Date Ever (awful guy)
4/18/03 #30
Getting to Know Him (peeking in freezer)
4/24/03 #36
A Watched Broil (making dinner with D-M)
5/2/03 #44
Dumped (explaining over dinner)
5/5/03 #47
Dating Roller Coaster (talk with nellie)
5/8/03 #50
uneXplainable (understanding eX boyfriends)
5/11/03 #53
Man-Talk (girl talk about men)
5/14/03 #56
What Happened? (explaining to eliza)
5/17/03 #59
Lunch Date (date with someone else)
5/19/03 #61
Nothing to Say (first conversation)
5/29/03 #63
Kumquat or Not? (reunion date)
6/1/03 #66
Next Week? (talking about traveling)
6/2/03 #67
Ralph Isn't Funny (joking about marriage)
6/9/03 #74
Airport Excitement (getting through security)
6/10/03 #75
Lost Boy Look (D-m at airport)
6/27/03 #92
Conversation Glue (d-m on meds)
7/2/03 #97
A Vasectomy for Dessert (telling d-m about miscarriage)
7/5/03 #100
Quality 'On Call' Time (d-m on call)
7/9/03 #104
Not So Darlin (another break up)
7/10/03 #105
His Part of Town (fun rebound date)
7/29/03 #109
Finding Creative Ways to Pass the Time (date with Margarita Man)
9/6/03 #118 Seizure Dating (how to
end a date fast, fast, fast)
9/21/03 #121 Who is
This Guy? (lunch date with chef)
10/9/03 #124 Ready to Eat?
(famous chef cooks)
10/15/03 #126 One More
Kiss (c-g prepares to fly)
11/30/03 #139
Enough is Enough is Enough (helping c-g cook)
12/2/03 #140 Ever
Ready to Pinch (messing with c-g)
12/13/10 #144 Woozling
a Pear Crisp Recipe (trying to get recipe)
1/4/04 #150 Ready, Set, Light! (fire
lesson)
1/17/04 #154 The Fuzzy Far Away
(call from ny)
1/30/04 #158 The Best
Present (saying 'l' word)
5/22/04 #175 The Hawaiian
Bikini Stumble (bikini walk to turtle beach)
5/29/04 #176 Don't Drool
at the Pool (running into ex)
6/13/04 #178 Just Kid Talk, Right?
(girls giving marriage talk)
6/27/04 #180 Forced Simplicity (not
cooking for c-g)
7/25/04 #184 The Trials
of Dating a Chef (hungry all the time)
8/22/04 #188 Still Ready to Eat
(second date with C-g... again)
10/10/04 #195 Camping w/o a Car
(backpacking in rocky mountains)
10/24/04 #197 Breathe
Easily, Don't Get Mad (telling about epilepsy)
11/14/04 #200 Suddenly Single Me
(out again)
11/21/04 #201 Half Ain't Enough
(ralph rethinking past relationship)
1/16/05 #207 Awake Now (phone call from
C-g)
1/23/05 #208 Brown
Eyes Can See (date trying to guess visual memory stuff)
1/30 05 #209 Antler Drama (date brings
a prop)
2/6/05 #210 On Holly-Schedule
(way too serious man)
10/23/05 #221: First
Date Test (is he worth my time?)
1/28/06 #223:
No More Curiosity Dating (not that curious)
3/18/07 #227 No Date: Better
Story (not mining.....)
COLUMNS ABOUT FRIENDS
3/22/03 Homeless Joe (new neighbor steals gift)
3/23/03 Big Enough for a Suitcase (eliza and ron at apartment)
3/25/03 Supporting Bagpipes (ivan on st. pat’s day)
3/31/03 #12
Like Woman, Like Skin Tone (lanie’s make up party)
4/1/03 Wing Tipped Shoes (gabe’s play)
4/3/03 Ralph-isms (the little things he does…)
4/5/03 Cherry Flavored Headache (wayne in ER)
4/6/03 Chores by Candlelight (maria setting up computer)
4/7/03 Choosing Names (rich joking about column names)
4/13/03 Feeling Welcome (rich and me in new paltz)
4/17/03 Helping Each Other (ralph helping me shop)
4/20/03 #32
Sarah's Nail (sarah and Ralph come to lunch)
4/22/03 Lost in Conversation (hiking with Shirley)
4/25/03 About Shopping (sarah buying bob)
4/26/03 A Good Thing (kate breaking engagement)
4/30/03 In The Act (out with wild women)
5/7/03 On The Rocks (out with maria)
5/15/03 Pushing Buttons (sarah and ralph)
5/18/03 Meeting Jerry (out with eliza)
5/28/03 Real Friends Do Yoga (bija’s book signing)
5/31/03 Mark’s Hint (talking from cairo)
7/19/03 #107
Glowing Examples of Abominable Misconduct (making wedding gift)
8/1/02
#110 Girlfriends ARE the World (Kate's blueberry test)
8/2/03 #111
There's No Wrong Choice (Helping amy pick out clothes)
8/3/03 #112
Life: It's All We Have (The funeral)
8/23/03 #115 Teasing Wars (auction with
lena and sean)
8/30/03 #117 Princess Camping (with lanie,
husband, wife)
9/20/03 #120
Cheering for all the Wrong Reasons (with kate at rodeo)
10/18/03 #127 Lethal
Lawless Lena (lena gets arrested)
10/22/03 #128 Going Chinese
(sarah wants something new)
12/6/03 #142 Was it
a Scam? (homeless guy in frisco)
12/14/03 #145 Two Thanksgivings
(the night before)
12/20/03 #146
Letting Her Brain Out to Play (dancing with cheryl)
1/1/04 #148 Feel This (muriel's
baby shower)
1/18/04 #155
A Past Present (teddy bear breakfast)
1/25/04 #156
Wishing for an Un-Pink Chanukah (chanukah party)
1/31/04 #157 Before Santa Comes (christmas
eve party)
3/13/03 #165 My Laughing
Place (hanging with linda and kids)
3/21/04 #166 That's
Not Disco (roller skating party)
5/1/04 #172
You'll Never Guess Where I Am (mark calling from around the world)
8/1/04 #185 Mountain
Wedding (joe and cleo's outdoor wedding)
9/19/04 #192 Teasing
Auction 101 (re-with sean and lena)
1/2/05 #205
What's the Celebration? (new apartment and what else?)
3/6/05 #213
My Twelve-Year-Old Fashion Guru (shopping with sarah)
3/13/05 #214 Don't Laugh (ralph insists
on taking me out)
10/7/07 #228 Rum (made
the difference) Cake (teresa turns 30)
COLUMNS ABOUT FAMILY
4/4/03 French Toast Surprise (kyle making breakfast)
4/10/03 Aunt Holly Volley (visiting family)
4/11/03 Jordon Almonds: Part 1 (setting up reception)
4/12/03 Jordon Almonds: Part 2 (wedding reception)
4/14/03 Getting Slimed (cleaning without kyle)
5/16/03 Many Mommies (everyone is a mommy on mother’s day.)
1/8/03 #151 Winter Volley (cool-guy
meeting family)
1/10/03 #152
Back Away From the Boyfriend (twisting conversation)
1/11/03
#153 I Didn't See It Coming (putting dog to sleep)
12/5/04 #202 Thanksgiving Perspective
(everyone talking stuff)
COLUMNS ABOUT THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
6/11/03 Already Here (meeting billy, first dinner)
6/12/03 Beach Morning (dog walk, heart rock, fisherman)
6/13/03 #77
Immeasurably Brave (visionary artist in her home)
6/14/03 Scary Good (national gallery visit)
6/15/03 Like Twins (sunset cruise)
6/16/03 Turtle Diving Olympic Wanna Be (talking with billy)
6/17/03 #81
Wrinkled Prune With Mask (stingray city, snorkeling at reef)
6/18/03 A Cringing Touch (touching talk with darlin-man)
6/19/03 #83
Pockets Filled With Shark Food (spear fishing)
6/20/03 What Those Fish Would Really Like (conversation with girl in orange
shoes)
6/21/03 A Cigar For Smoking (father’s day present)
6/22/03 A Postcard The Flash Forgot (about postcards)
6/23/03 Last Snapshots (saying goodbye to the island)
6/34/03 Losing That Vacation (getting home, seeing tinny)
COLUMNS ABOUT EUROPE
10/24/03 #129
Putting Adventure Where My Mouth Is (getting invited to europe)
10/25/03 #130 The Portuguese
Sun Sat (landing in portugal)
11/1/03 #131 As Good As It Gets?
(service in portugal)
11/5/03 #132 Wind (breezes in lagos portugal)
11/8/03 #133 Double Date (hanging with
taxi driver and his girl)
11/9/03 #134 Rocky Honeymoon
(rock collecting on beach)
11/15/03 #135 Hungry Again
(finding food in huelva)
11/16/03 #136 Itching for
New Scenery (nobody got mad at airport)
11/18/03 #137 Relationship Test
(wandering in seville)
11/22/03 #138
They Must Have Meant Sand Fleas (lunch on fuerteventura)
COLUMNS ABOUT EPILEPSY
3/24/03 #5
Adopting My Family (telling betty, visiting Linda)
4/23/03 #35
No, Not Sleeping (medicine side effects)
5/10/03 #52
Super Slug Woman (pushing through side effects)
5/30/03 #64
That Look (learning about pharmacy)
6/7/03 #72
Swapping Stories (old woman gives advice)
7/3/03 #98
Losing Introductions (head butting in club)
7/4/03 #99
My jetBlue Headache (good company, bad policy)
7/11/03 #106
My Fountain of Epileptic Health (how I keep my smile)
9/18/03 #118 Seizure
Dating (how to end a date fast, fast, fast)
10/5/03 #123
Peach-Girl's American Way (trying to stay seizure free at a rock concert)
10/10/03 #125
Breathe Easy. Don't Get Mad. (telling cool-guy about visual memory problems)
12/11/03 #143 The Arrival
Meltdown (stranger standing at door)
2/14/04 #161 Recalibrating (epileptic
shutdown)
4/17/04 #170 Seizure
Entertainment (mouse sighting)
4/25/04 #171
The Mangled Mingling Mistake (working on mingling skills)
6/6/04 #177
Call of the Wandering Boy (Who-dee-hoo)
9/26/04 #193
Loving With Forgetful Eyes (remembering him in the morning)
1/23/05 #208 Brown
Eyes Can See (date trying to guess visual memory stuff)
1/30 05 #209 Antler Drama (date brings
a prop)
2/20/05 #211
My Invisible Disability Peeks Out (in the classroom)
8/13/06 #224
Can't (Visual) See (Memory) Houses (Test) (brain-doc tests me)