Word: homeness
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...final gasp of giving in to liberal Sixties sentiments, the Seventies were also ultimately home to the final joining of Harvard and Radcliffe—in the spring of 1975 students were admitted to both colleges by the same committee. In the fall of 1975, Jody and her roommates came to Cambridge...
Jody came from Long Island, N.Y. She would return home during the summer to get a taste of the real world, once working on the boardwalk in Wildwood, N.J., living in a two-bedroom apartment with four girls she’d never met (after being told that it sounded like “Jersey Shore,” she says, “That’s exactly what it was. Well, no, except for the guido part. It was actually a bunch of French Canadians, who I don’t want to offend...
Last: “For me it’s a great blended existence, if I can at all control my schedule and be a mom and be home for my daughter—it is a luxury. I feel bad for people who don’t have choices...
...spring break plans for this year: go home to see the family who, at an alarming rate, seem to be forgetting that I ever existed, and to hang out with the old friends whom I now encounter only through Facebook notifications and the occasional drunk dial. Also: eat Mom’s cooking, catch up on sleep, and think about catching up on course reading before deciding to catch up on TV instead. Pretty standard...
...before you raise an eyebrow, did you know that Kansas is home to the Flint Hills, the last expanse of real tallgrass prairie in the whole country—a landscape that, according to one YouTube video, brings grown men to tears when they see it at sunrise? And did you know that it costs $35 a day to rent a Chevy Aveo out of Wichita, which is cheaper than in Kansas City or even Topeka? And last but not least, did you know that I have a free roundtrip ticket sitting around from this one time I gave...