Box of Applause

Once upon a time, I was working nights in a factory sewing men’s pants.  I was going out with a 19 year old who was failing high school English for the second time despite having me to help out whenever he needed.  I had a pretty mundane routine those days–I would get up and do [...]

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Food

Every August, for as long as I can remember, I have felt a sense of possibility as fall draws near.  Once it coincided with the beginning of school but that was long ago (although Mandarin starts on the Autumnal Equinox!)  Last year it was the excitement of my pregnancy drawing to a close.  This year, [...]

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Wherein I pretend to be a blogger for a little while

First, I bought Lucy one of these the other day.  Toby, as a matter of fact.  And she loves it, which does mean it was money well spent, even though I threw up a little in my mouth as I forked over money for a ‘celebrity pet set.’  By the time we got home and [...]

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Somewhere between desperate to write and not ready to do blog maintenance

Sometimes I wish I could translate thoughts about blog comments and other posts straight into actual responses.  I don’t know what it is about the typing, but right now I just want to dash off another quick post both without ignoring comments (or the blog bling from Cori) and without actually responding.
I’m still not sure [...]

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Drained

We went up the mountain.  We came back down again.  We ate lots and lots.  Pies included.  There was a paddle boat, a canoe, and a carriage ride.  More emotions than I can really give justice to.  Chico ‘hawked for almost everything and loved it, and other folks at the resort were quite amused by [...]

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Practice

I’ve started trying to look at my life differently lately. Knowing that my brain will look for things to get worked up over, and knowing that I spent close to 2 weeks unable to get myself back on track after the conference, I have been really focusing on treating my day-to-day life as practice.
Instead [...]

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I want to write for hours and never be forgotten

A few months ago C’s uncle died.  I haven’t written about it because I wanted to keep my memories to myself, as well as the things I learned from him.  I still do.  The title of this post is from a letter he wrote to a student and it has been rolling through my mind, [...]

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Multitasking Sucks

Oh yes, yesterday ended up being one of those glorious days where I try to go in 7 different directions at once, to no avail, and end up collapsed by ten pm.
This morning is not.  Mostly because I don’t have the patience (nor actual ability) to get anything accomplished that way.  Partly because I don’t [...]

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