Monthly Archives: June 2009

Enough

Someone set up a Facebook page after Dave’s death so people could share memories, photos, videos. There was a discussion board, and it only took a little more than a week for people to start fighting—over who he had been really, his faith or lack of faith, what he thought of the church, what he [...]

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Vegetables and Beer

I’ve now picked a squash, a massive zucchini, and five cherry tomatoes from the garden. (Plus basil and parsley, as needed.) The rosemary didn’t make it, and the cilantro has already flowered, that pesky stuff. A little while ago, I made an organic fertilizer mix that I sprayed into the garden. This fertilizer required a [...]

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Name

Clarification: To understand this, make sure you’ve read these posts first: This one, and this one. I am not thinking about baby names because I am pregnant or hoping to be. It’s actually rather sad. So. Anyway. One of the first things Jesse and I ever agreed upon was what we’d name a son if [...]

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June 2009 Sucks.

Dave Rask Ed McMahon Farrah Fawcett Michael Jackson Billy Mays

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“And all the roads we have to walk are winding”

Jesse’s friend from Texas committed suicide last week. We found out on our way to Luke and Jamie’s wedding on Saturday, one of the hottest days of the year so far. There were no details then, nothing to say. As the shock wears off, the news gets heavier. The way he died was extremely violent. [...]

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