Ahhh ... September!
Everyone is still here and I'm still swearing in my car. I always get excited when September rolls around. As a kid, going back to school...
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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 10, 20204 min
Expansion Packs For Tracy's Beach Blanket Bingo (TM)
The laws of the beach are simple and finite. Friends of this column might remember that last August, I invented a game, Tracy’s Beach...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min
Came for the Golf, Stayed for the Snacks
My golf game is bananas. I’ve been playing golf for fifteen years and I stink. I’m so bad people make excuses for me. When I fail to chip...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min
Toilet Paper Should Not Grow on Trees
I have a thing for toilet paper. Longtime fans will remember that in my first Tilting at Windmills column, I admitted I was hoarding...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min
It's The Little Things
The chipped Dansk Christianshavn mug. As a preface, I just want to say how grateful I am. My family is safe. We are all comfortable and...
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Tracy Grathwohl
May 4, 20204 min
We're All Indoor Cats Now
The FLP in all her glory. At the start of the lockdown, one of our hockey pucks (as I like to refer to our children) moved back home with...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Apr 3, 20204 min
Self-Isolation, Sense and Sensibility
My to-do list I know a little something about self-isolating. I work from home and, in order to do my job, I’m supposed to stay in my...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 4, 20204 min
Glamour Girl
Sock it to me, baby. We were invited to a friend’s sixtieth birthday party and the dress code was a 60s theme. On the electronic...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Feb 5, 20204 min
Winter Woes
What we need is a good blizzard. Am I the only person who thinks we’ve had more cloudy or rainy days than sunny ones this winter? It’s...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jan 15, 20204 min
I Hereby Resolve...
These won't make it to the end of the month. Here we are two weeks into January, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve given up on your...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Dec 11, 20194 min
Caroling, Caroling
It's time for a little chestnut roasting. On October 25th, before Halloween, Sirius XM switched its Love station to the Hallmark Channel....
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Tracy Grathwohl
Nov 27, 20194 min
Second Thanksgiving
Because one is not enough. Every year, a day or two after Thanksgiving, I nearly incinerate my house while making a sweet potato (yam)...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Nov 13, 20194 min
Plumbing 101
How hard could it be? The other day, my father came to me and told me his bathroom sink has been leaking “forever.” Until now, I haven’t...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 30, 20194 min
The Scariest Time of the Year
Have you ever dressed up as food? Happy Halloween! It’s pretty exciting to have a column published on Halloween, especially since I...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 2, 20194 min
Quality Time on Montauk Highway
Westward Ho! I have many feelings about Montauk Highway. The second time I came to the Hamptons, nearly 30 years ago, I was surprised...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Sep 4, 20194 min
The Airing of Grievances
Hurrah! Summer's over! I need to vent. Congratulations! Mazel tov! You’ve made it through another summer on the east end. You’ve coped...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Aug 7, 20194 min
Beach Blanket Bingo
The laws of the beach are simple and finite. I stopped going into the ocean a few years ago when, on a supposedly calm day, I got rolled...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 10, 20194 min
A Weekend Away
This place is so beautiful, why would you ever leave? Last week I did one of the craziest, unheard of things that a person with a house...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jun 26, 20194 min
Why Can't the Internet Do Perimenopause Better
Photo by Kaitlyn Baker on Unsplash It’s been a year since I’ve had a bowl of soup. Or a cup of tea. My body can’t handle hot liquids any...
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Tracy Grathwohl
Jun 12, 20194 min
Shaping Up for the Summer
Believe it or not, talking is my greatest strength. Whoops! It is swimsuit season again and I forgot to get in shape. I could have sworn...
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