Episode 65: Who's Out Front?
The makeup room at the Kennedy Center Opera is bustling. We’ve got a big show tonight, with a full chorus and lots of supers. We’re...
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Still Waters
a serialized memoir
by Kristin Lindstrom
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Sep 13, 20223 min read
Episode 64: It's Not Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
Along about the time of the brownie debacle, I was contacted by a friend of my mother’s, Jean, who worked at the Kennedy Center in...
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Sep 6, 20221 min read
Roadblock!
Many apologies for being out of touch. I've had technology problems that have prevented me from posting regularly but I hope to be back...
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Aug 7, 20221 min read
A Digression
During a recent thunderstorm, I had a memory from the past. I was in the bathroom of my old gym, reapplying some makeup after my...
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Aug 6, 20222 min read
Episode 63: No Longer High in July
Shirley is standing in the hallway in her sleeveless pink, knee-length nightgown. Her thin arms and legs look particularly spindly. She...
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Aug 3, 20223 min read
Episode 62: Still High in July
It’s hot in the cabin. I can’t remember if there was any air conditioning, but I suspect not. The cabin is circa – well, I’m not sure,...
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Jul 17, 20223 min read
Episode 61: High on the Fourth of July
The family is sitting around Mom’s dining room table in Cabin John one June, finishing up dessert. We’re talking about the cabin Tyler...
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Jul 5, 20222 min read
Episode 60: Emile Plumber
About the time I was dodging Dave S. in the hallways of A.G.A., my parents asked me to come house sit with their three Pekingese at their...
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Jun 28, 20223 min read
Episode 59: Chocolate and Gorillas
When I’d been at A.G.A. about three years, along came a new senior vice president of Communications, Dave S. On the surface, Dave was a...
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Jun 16, 20224 min read
Episode 58: Life and Times at A.G.A.
There are many men at A.G.A. who are near retirement. One such fellow hovers like a vulture each month for the new edition of the A.G.A....
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Jun 9, 20221 min read
A Digression
Over the years, I've noticed a number of different approaches to applying lipstick among my family members. My grandmother Ruth had an...
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Jun 5, 20222 min read
Episode 57: The Gas Bag's Fruit Cup
While working for the American Gas Association as editor of their non-award-winning magazine, I was sent on several business trips, each...
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Jun 1, 20223 min read
Episode 56: Women Can't Take A Joke
In 1975, I started working as an editorial assistant for the American Gas Association in Rosslyn, Virginia. The association represented...
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May 26, 20224 min read
Episode 55: Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a hard reckoning. It requires an honest examination of the sins against you, their long-term impact, and the other party’s...
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May 24, 20222 min read
Episode 54: So Close and Yet So Far
I’m working at my first job as an editor at a natural gas association in Rosslyn in Arlington when I realize Dad’s office at the Agency...
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May 20, 20223 min read
Episode 53: India Forever
Eddie comes home from India at the end of the summer of 1966. Like the others, he stops in European capitals along the way. He has a...
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May 11, 20222 min read
Episode 52: Scream for Ice Cream
Nothing says summer better than the Good Humor ice cream truck. You can hear it coming from a few blocks away. It rolls right down 78th...
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May 6, 20221 min read
A Digression
About 25 years ago, Perry and I were having dinner in a bistro in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. A couple was sitting at the next table....
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May 3, 20222 min read
Episode 51: A Life of Making Music
The von Trapp Family Singers arrived in New York City in October of 1938. Within a week, they started their American tour in a chartered...
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Apr 25, 20222 min read
Episode 50: On to A New Life
One day, I asked Agathe if the von Trapp family had indeed fled over the mountains from Austria to escape the Nazis. “Vell,” Agathe said...
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