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I'm a twentysomething MFA grad enjoying life in a state of flux, dreaming of Paris and San Francisco while loving the warm summer evenings in North Carolina. I'm a little irreverent, a little mercurial, with an uncanny knack for putting my foot in my mouth.
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
This and That
After several months away from it, I’ve finally picked the book back up and have started a new round of edits. Late last year I got to the point where I just had to stop fiddling with it. I was having no new ideas, and progress was frustrating and slow. But now that I’ve had [...]
Posted in Various and Sundry 8 Comments
Snow Day
So, snow! It actually happened. When I woke up, the thermometer read nearly 40, and I was moping around, plotting my “no snow” blog to lament my disappointment at having no snow. Then, just as I was about to start work, Jesse called and asked if I had looked outside recently. I hadn’t. But one [...]
Posted in Most Awesome Things 6 Comments
Snow. And food. And snow.
Okay, so I am totally freaking out. The weather forecast? For tomorrow? SNOW. As in, you know, the flakey white cold stuff that comes down from the sky (at least, that’s what I think happens–I’ve seen snow all of twice past the age of four). Yeah, that’s supposed to happen. Here. Tomorrow. I will refrain [...]
Posted in Various and Sundry 4 Comments
Maker’s Diet: Day Three
Jesse, Kara, and I started the MD on Thursday of last week. So far, so good. I stocked up on goat cheese (tried goat gouda for the first time–eh, not the biggest fan). Thanks to Amie, I found great blueberries on sale (98 cents a carton!). I’ve been eating cherries like they’re going extinct. The [...]
Posted in Food 4 Comments
The Plague.