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Sunday BARB UP January 13, 2019

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It’s quiet in my apartment. The Teenager has returned to college. Where she lives amongst her friends, suite mates, and …

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Monday BARB UP December 24, 2018

December 24, 2018 92 Views 0 Comment

Hello. I haven’t done one in a while; here is a day in the life. I wake up, reluctantly, the …

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December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018 99 Views 0 Comment

You don’t forget your Parents’ death date. You may be woozy on the details, but that date, for me, December …

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Monday BARB UP December 17, 2018

December 16, 2018 84 Views 0 Comment

Need a last minute gift for the holidays? I have some suggestions for you. Earth Hates Me, by Ruby Karp, …

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Friday BARB UP December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018 108 Views 0 Comment

On Monday, The Teenager comes home from college, for a month. I am so looking forward to her being home, …

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Wednesday BARB UP December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018 119 Views 0 Comment

A re-post from last year, still necessary. People struggling. Families torn. The chronic chipping away at our souls. For those …

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Monday BARB UP December 10, 2018

December 10, 2018 82 Views 0 Comment

Be Your Own Hero was a tagline in Whip It, a movie about a girl finding her place in the …

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Monday BARB UP December 3, 2018

December 02, 2018 119 Views 0 Comment

This is about Cher and my Mom. It’s a little bit about Cher, the Broadway show, also known as The …

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Friday BARB UP November 30, 2018

November 29, 2018 94 Views 0 Comment

The Holiday Gift Guide. Hanukkah begins on Monday, and the other gift-based holidays are looming. Here are five things you …

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Wednesday BARB UP November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018 110 Views 0 Comment

This is my ideal creative life. A glass of iced tea, keyboard, my camera, a plant I’m nurturing, and a …

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Transitions: Lydia Lacey

January 15, 2017 1503 Views 4 Comments

I have been friends with Lydia Lacey since the very early 90’s. She was a Chicago transplant; our mutual friends …

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So…For 300 Dollars, Would You Have Sex With Me?

January 20, 2017 1916 Views 3 Comments

“I already want to marry you.” The banter is going well, as well as dating-app badinage goes. It’s 11am, I’m sitting …

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Friday BARB Up February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017 1282 Views 3 Comments

She’d be turning 54 this weekend, Wendy, that is, my friend who committed suicide in 2001, only three months before …

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Thursday BARB Up February 2, 2017

February 02, 2017 601 Views 2 Comments

Last night, while I was out with a friend of mine, I got a message from a fella on one …

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Friday BARB UP November 17, 2017: My One Year BARBAVERSARY

November 17, 2017 1383 Views 2 Comments

My daughter Ruby Karp wrote a book, Earth Hates Me. Order it here. Please. I have been blogging here at BARB for one year, …

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Entre Nous: Tracy Bonham

February 23, 2017 2069 Views 2 Comments

I remember clearly when Mother, Mother was on rotation on MTV; there she was, Tracy Bonham, reminding me that we …

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5 Things I Own and/or Covet.

January 29, 2017 3287 Views 2 Comments

A list of 5 things I want and or covet. BAGS For the women who carry everything, or are in …

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Cinema Siren Says: It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To

May 19, 2017 2344 Views 2 Comments

Cinema Siren Says! ….a new column by Leslie Combemale… It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To Every …

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Wednesday BARB Up January 3, 2018

January 03, 2018 619 Views 1 Comment

So Day Three of One Year of No Indulgences. (Also, let’s be clear: these are trifling matters. But as I …

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Thursday BARB UP July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017 669 Views 1 Comment

For most of the 90’s, I ate at least one meal a day at a restaurant called Shopsin’s. I lived …

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Monday BARB UP December 17, 2018

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