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GG is a longtime skeptic and agnostic. She works as the VP of an energy company that specializes in natural gas processing technologies. She has also raised two good-looking skeptical sons. She blogs about nothing at www.twodifferentgirls.com
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Fine Dining in the Oilfield: Zydeco
Anyone having read our blog for the past year may have noticed that I’m a fan of Cajun food. Eating it, cooking it, smelling it, absorbing the culture that goes with this cuisine born of hard-scrabble living, French roots, and… Read More ›
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The Cookie Jar
Like most people who attend college and aren’t on the Daddy’s Credit Card™ plan, I was always broke. My husband and I both worked, quite often full time, while we were in college so while we graduated without student loans… Read More ›
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Women’s Voices: Meeting Carl Sagan
Actually, I did not meet the great man, but I did talk to him. I knew about Carl Sagan from his TV series Cosmos, and owned the heavily illustrated companion book that was published in 1980. When his fiction novel… Read More ›
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Airplane Porn
Last week, my good friend Chris was visiting from northern Canada. I thought that Chris, being an airplane nut, might enjoy seeing a couple of the air museums around Texas. A few co-workers and myself had a business meeting in… Read More ›
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Headed to the Galapagos Islands!
Next month, I’m taking a trip with 37 of my closest friends. OK, quite a few of them are my close friends, such as my fellow 2DG bloggers Jeff Wagg and Oke Millet. Jeff, through his wonderful outfit College of… Read More ›
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The Wild Camargue in Mediterranean France
The Camargue is the ‘wild west’ of France, located on the vast Rhone River delta is in the south central part of France, nestled against the Mediterranean Sea, and is the home of the largest nature reserve in the country…. Read More ›
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Two Saint Marys, Sarah, and the Deep Blue Sea
On a week-long trip to southern France a few years ago, we ended up in the city “Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer“, that is, Saint Marys of the Sea. The legend is that two Marys – the sister of the Virgin Mary (inexplicably… Read More ›
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On Oysters and Pirates
One advantage of living near the Gulf Coast is the abundance of fresh seafood. I’d be satisfied eating nothing but fish, shrimp, crab, and scallops for the rest of my life, so I’m fortunate. Fine seafood restaurants are plentiful, and… Read More ›
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Hanging with My Homies
This weekend I drove to the Fort Worth area to spend a few days with some of my favorite people. Elaine had come from Denver to spend a restful weekend with Susan and Scott, and I got to go! Yeah!… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 