disappointment Archive

  • A Spoonful of Sugar

    Or how the ‘Making of Mary Poppins’ documentary included on the 25th Anniversary DVD restored my hope and sweetened my attitude toward life in general. A few years ago, my daughter received a Mary Poppins Barbie doll for Christmas. It came dressed in that flowing […]

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  • London Calling York

    London Calling

    [UPDATED] I took a call from London at four this morning -- that's 11 AM London time. It was my fifteen year-old daughter in tears at having discovered that she and her roommate had slept through their alarm, gone unnoticed by chaperones and ultimately missed the coach ...

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