Everybody in the Pool
That pool was cold! “You’ll get used to it.” I was mumbling that to myself between curse words as I was wading into a 72-degree swimming...
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Below is a collection of my Tilting at Windmills Column from The East Hampton Press and my other articles.
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Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 314 min read
The Stuff of Nightmares
I sleep with the light on. When it comes to most Halloween things, I’m a wimp. Ghosts and ghouls give me nightmares. Halloween...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Sep 264 min read
Getting 'S-Expletive' Done
My Messy Pantry -- It's on my to-do list. The day after Labor Day – known in the Hamptons as “Tumbleweed Tuesday” – I sat down at my...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Aug 224 min read
Energizer Summer
My email inbox on any given day I’ve been smiling a bit more lately. I have a new joie de vivre . There’s a pep in my step. My joie de...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 184 min read
I Just Turned Sixty and I’m Short on Time
Sometimes my deadlines come up a little too quickly. Do you ever have a week or a month where your personal life gets so busy you don’t...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jun 124 min read
We Must, We Must...
The BraBall by Emily Duffy on display at the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Our hockey puck is getting married this...
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Tracy Grathwohl
May 44 min read
I Know What Moms Want
What are you getting Mom for Mother's Day? Mother’s Day is next week, and I’m thrilled. The hockey pucks don’t live with us right now, so...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 224 min read
Much Ado About Nothing
My cheerful socks and my recovering knee. For the past six months, I’ve been doing nothing. I didn’t work on my magnum opus. I didn’t...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Feb 84 min read
Girl Dinner
My Girl Dinner the other night. "Real" Kraft Mac & Cheese I’m going to tell you something that I don’t usually speak of in polite...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Dec 14, 20234 min read
We Need a Little Sparkle
My closet, sans-ottoman. When I get an invitation to a party - say, a friend's disco themed 60th birthday party - I want to be the woman...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Nov 9, 20234 min read
Exit Plan
Do you ever think about the disposal of your body? In the summer blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Barbie asks, “Do you guys ever think about...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Sep 28, 20234 min read
Salad Days
My salad spinner, in my drainboard. Whenever I make a salad, I have only one thought: I hate the salad spinner. I hate cutting up the...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Tracy’s Beach Blanket Bingo™ Is Back!
The summer traffic has made me as tired as this old beach bag. So I brought back Beach Blanket Bingo! I heard the following conversation...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20234 min read
Born On the 3rd of July
Happy Birthday to ME!! Someone had a birthday this week. Can you guess who? It’s me! You were thinking, “It was July 4th, America’s...
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Tracy Grathwohl
May 25, 20234 min read
Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn
The salad bar in my latest hotel's shower. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” Etsy sells this quote on...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Trash Talk
Inside this bag is about 15 pounds of my unwanted used skivvies! I recently had a housewifing triumph. I removed grease stains from Mr....
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Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Food, Glorious Food
Always Tasty! A few weeks ago, I suffered a partial intestinal blockage and my digestive system stopped working. I’ll spare you the gory...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Get Out Of Dodge
It's a bit gray here in the East End and I'm sick of it. Did you know that Mr. Hockey, the hockey pucks, and I lived in London for six...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Dec 1, 20224 min read
Is It Holiday Time Yet?
There are three ways to spell Hanukkah. I can never keep it straight. It’s December 1st. We can talk about the holidays. Finally. As if...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 25, 20224 min read
Some Like It Iced
I like coffee. I like men. I went to Starbucks every single day for more than twenty years. It’s probably closer to thirty. I’m afraid to...
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