Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

peeping tom turned peeping mom

A mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do. This mom had to peep. Slip into Little Miss’s ballet + tap dance class, through the crack in the blinds. I actually like the dream sequence feel the blinds…

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from glitz to grits

I'm obsessed with the South. Moved by it. The "what's that got to do with the price of butter" sayings, roadkill baked goods, dove hunt dinners, the ironic formality found in such a slow-paced, porch-drunk, June bug of a place.…

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gluten-free(dom)

A few of my new friends have sworn their lives have changed. They're not singing the praises of South Beach, Fatkins, or SugarBusters. No talk of cookie diets. Or super colon cleanse rituals. We're talking about ditching wheat (and…

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thread count & happiness

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chinese love, black dolls, and racist friends

Growing up, each Chinese New Year, my parents held a potluck, inviting their friends to bring their most treasured dishes from their favorite Chinese restaurants. Maybe they didn’t do it to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Maybe it was a…

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a year in review: scrap forward

I wouldn't say that I'm a last-minute kind of girl, not aloud anyway. More like a last-month-of-the-year kind of girl. I wasn't always like this, either. In school, I always finished all my homework on Friday night, so I'd have…

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why do blondes REALLY have more fun?

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mindmapping: idea generator for writers

Mind maps. You begin with a blank page, turn it horizontally, then smack a word or image at its center. By association, you see what grows. I don't always follow those directions, but I do find that following my…

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advice: photography lady on the street & a freak in the bed

QUESTION FROM A GREEK TRAGEDY READER: I love photography and have been a photo freak since I was little. My dad always had camera on hand, and I got that from him. Now, I'm not a pro by any means,…

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holiday card time & let’s talk turkey

I never send holiday cards. I just can't get (sh)it together in time. This year, I'm hoping that changes. I'm loving the keepsake holiday card mini-books, like this one I made of the taters. Here's hoping we take some…

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