Freak Magnet Vox 2009-12-23T18:09:20Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22520617cf219/ Belize Bound tag:vox.com,2009-12-23:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123ddf5c53c860d 2009-12-23T18:09:20Z 2009-12-23T18:09:20Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Itinerary

This is hilarious (says the snobby editor). ++++++++++++ In the wee hours of December 26, I'll be winging my way southward to Belize for an 8-day trip. The planned route. I still have to pack but I have a pretty extensive list of what I'm brin...

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]]> Blurbs tag:vox.com,2009-12-22:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123dde15c54860c 2009-12-22T14:49:04Z 2009-12-22T16:55:15Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

It's funny 'cause it's true

Ann Rule, the well-known, best-selling true-crime author, has agreed to read the proofs of our serial killer book and possibly (depending on what she thinks of it obviously) provide us with a blurb for the back cover! Amazing! When my boss brough...

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]]> Annapolis Serial Killer tag:vox.com,2009-12-16:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123f188de2e860f 2009-12-16T21:52:44Z 2009-12-16T21:52:44Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'm currently working on a true crime book about a deaf serial killer who lived in Annapolis in the 80s. He was a big, charming, good-looking guy who had an eye for the (hearing) ladies. Who he would then stalk when they realized what a controlli...

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]]> Grief and fruitcake tag:vox.com,2009-12-15:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123ddc9c34e860b 2009-12-15T21:47:20Z 2009-12-15T21:47:20Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dad sailing

One of my authors stopped by the office today. She had just returned from her Fulbright semester in Italy. She'd heard about my father and had brought me a panforte margherita (Italian fruitcake) from Siena, which was exceedingly sweet of her. Sh...

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]]> New acquisition tag:vox.com,2009-12-08:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123dddc21b8860c 2009-12-08T21:57:51Z 2009-12-08T21:57:51Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I am now the proud owner of a 2005 RAV-4 AWD, a compact SUV but a SUV all the same. My mom and I spent several hours at the MVA yesterday getting the title and tags switched to my name and getting my father's car titled in her name. I have to adm...

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]]> I never thought we'd be... tag:vox.com,2009-12-01:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123dded3cc4860d 2009-12-01T21:02:08Z 2009-12-01T21:02:08Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I never thought we'd be the type of family who would refer to an urn of ashes by name. And yet, here I was, a day after my father's funeral, reading over my mom's list of what to pack for our trip down to the Outer Banks and right after "beach to...

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]]> The Great Gun Hunt tag:vox.com,2009-11-30:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123ddecd825860d 2009-11-30T18:36:41Z 2009-11-30T18:36:41Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "Do you have any use for an unregistered gun?" "What?!" I stared at my mother, momentarily confused, wondering exactly when we had joined the Mob. "I'm just saying, if you want it, take it with you." "I don't want it! Jesus, I turned down a taser...

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]]> Part I. The Hospital tag:vox.com,2009-11-23:asset-6a00c22520617cf2190123ddd6ab36860c 2009-11-23T20:20:58Z 2009-11-23T20:20:58Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I was walking home from a local coffeeshop, trying to figure out how else to kill some time before the coronary care unit opened for visiting hours when my phone rang. "He's crashing." It was my sister-in-law, the former ER nurse, the former EMT,...

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]]> Rest in peace, Daddy... tag:vox.com,2009-11-20:asset-6a00c22520617cf21901240b7bf4dd860e 2009-11-20T18:21:11Z 2009-11-30T21:36:44Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dad

Rest in peace, Daddy. I don't know why I do these things to myself but I've been reading Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, which chronicles the year after her husband died. But I found these quotes to particularly speak to me: "The ...

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]]> And then.... tag:vox.com,2009-09-24:asset-6a00c22520617cf21901240b60c155860e 2009-09-24T16:24:49Z 2009-09-24T20:44:56Z deirdre http://deirdre.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Just got off the phone with my youngest brother (the calm one) who is very agitated about this whole trip to the beach. He talked to my mom this morning and found out my dad had a really bad day yesterday (fever, extremely low blood pressure at d...

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