Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded her E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a small town on The Peninsula of Southeastern Virginia. The former Air Force Intelligence Officer stationed at the Pentagon during Desert Storm, morphed Director of Product Development for an LA design firm, now finds herself an urban transplant in a provincial enclave. Writing with pseudonyms, she shares the story, of her lovely sister and Army officer brother-in-law who were ”living with three children of their own”: a girl who’s 13, a boy who’s 10 and baby Binkles, one, who have taken in the shell-shocked Anne and her two daughters. It’s Operation Brady Bunch and it’s high adventure.

Blog Entries by Anne M. Plant

Saving the Woods is Class Prejudice

Posted April 18, 2008 | 08:03 AM (EST)


I am more of a liberal now that I live on the east coast than I ever was when I lived on the west. Since arriving in Virginia I have undertaken more social action projects, initiated more challenging discussions and spent more time thinking about diversity issues than I ever...

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The Master Toastmaster

Posted February 26, 2008 | 02:22 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. This is the true unfolding story of an urbanite's adjustment from the heady heights of...

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Would I Be Cute with Chris?

Posted January 20, 2008 | 07:55 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 9, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother in...

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Soul Survival

Posted November 29, 2007 | 02:12 PM (EST)


I cannot feel parts of my face. No, I have not had a mini-stroke and no, I have not been to the dentist. Apparently, I'm stressed out. Many of you are reading this and nodding in empathy. What?! I had never heard of this, but a quick Google search landed...

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The Future of Veteran's Day

Posted November 14, 2007 | 03:33 PM (EST)


This Sunday I stood up in church to be recognized with other Veterans. There I was the only blonde female and just barely half the age of the many honored octogenarians of America's Greatest Generation. I felt little a weird. And, doubtless, the men around me felt the same as...

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What the Jena 6 Meant to a Little White Girl

Posted October 9, 2007 | 04:36 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother in...

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Socrates' Cave

Posted September 26, 2007 | 02:56 PM (EST)


Socrates illustrated the concept of a greater truth outside known reality with the story of a cave. In his allegory, people are living in a cave watching shadows on the wall. The shadows are all they have known and to them, it is reality. One day a person escapes from...

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Big Love: Living With Two Wives

Posted September 15, 2007 | 08:07 PM (EST)


Big Love is the titillating title of a new HBO show about a polygamist family, which is apparently every man's fantasy. I guess my brother-in-law is now cock-of-the-block since I moved in. Okay, enough of the lowbrow innuendo, monogamy is practiced here, but this two women of the house situation...

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It's John, not Juan, at the Car Wash

Posted September 4, 2007 | 03:59 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother in...

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Making Peace with Rednecks

Posted August 27, 2007 | 12:26 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother-in-law opened...

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A Cup of Joe Tells You What's Brewing Inside the Man

Posted August 20, 2007 | 05:16 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother-in-law opened...

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Booty and the Brain

Posted August 12, 2007 | 05:06 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother-in-law opened...

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Poolside Observations

Posted July 30, 2007 | 04:38 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother-in-law opened...

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My First Video Chat: An Intimate Look at the Outside and Inside of My Head

Posted July 20, 2007 | 11:55 AM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the true unfolding story of how Anne's sister and Army officer brother...

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Where are the Little People with Wooden Shoes?

Posted July 16, 2007 | 02:29 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the story, of a lovely sister and an Army officer brother-in-law who...

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Delivered from LA

Posted July 11, 2007 | 05:59 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded their E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a provincial town on the Virginian peninsula. Now here's the story, of a lovely sister and an Army officer brother-in-law who opened...

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Honestly, Hard Choices

Posted July 1, 2007 | 04:09 PM (EST)


Anne M. Plant is a recent widow with two young daughters, 13 and 8, who traded her E! entourage lifestyle in Los Angeles for stability and structure in a small town on The Peninsula of Southeastern Virginia. The former Air Force Intelligence Officer stationed at the Pentagon during Desert Storm,...

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