HeyJaredGlamorous Tales from Near and Far
Writing about places near and far, although mostly near these days.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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Stop Talking Baby to Me (opens the original)
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I’ve reached another life milestone, and it’s not a good one. I am officially at the age when health care workers start talking baby-speak to me.If you’ve heard it, you know what I mean. It starts with “How are we today?” When I first heard this, I looked around. They couldn’t possibly be addressing me with “the royal we.” So, why had I suddenly become a plural? My response should have been, “We are fine.” But it seemed rude, so I just mumbled, “Fine,” feeling a little befuddled by the assumptio
Oy-la-la (opens the original)
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We leave for France in a week, and I’m terrified. No, not because there will invariably be an airline strike (tell me something new) or because Marine Le Pen’s crowd is gaining ground (yes, that IS terrifying).It’s me.Thanks for reading Glamorous Tales from Near and Far! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="button prim
The Book is Out There (opens the original)
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Which terrifies me more? The thought of publishing a book about a topic where lines were drawn decades ago OR the thought of women never having reproductive rights again.The answer? Both.Thanks for reading Glamorous Tales from Near and Far! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<div class
As If Any of Us Wanted to Relive 2020 (opens the original)
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During the pandemic, we lived in Paris and were under an exceptionally strict confinement. For many weeks — months — we could not leave our apartment with very few exceptions. One was to walk a pet, our animal de compagnie. That meant we leaned heavily on our dog, the late Noam Chompsky, to protect us from going absolutely stir-crazy.Now the tables have turned. It is the successor to Noam — the new dog Bernie — who is the cause of our 2026 confinement. I believe, in some sense, this is Noam’s re
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