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Commuters and Castanets

Still smitten with our beach vacation, I ask my husband if we might consider buying a place on the shore. His arm around my waist, he squints slightly into the setting autumn sun as if seeing into the future. The boys are a few steps in front of us...

http://www.washingtonian.com/2013/12/06/commuters-and-castanets/

Originally published in Washingtonian Magazine, January 2014

 

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