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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: June 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Food, Home 7 Comments
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 [...]
Posted in Musing 5 Comments
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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Futon advice needed
Have any of you ever owned or slept on a futon? We’re in the market for one, and we might be having a long-term guest, so I need it to be comfortable. Of course, since we are kind of poor, I also need it to be affordable. Any ideas or suggestions?
Posted in Various and Sundry 3 Comments
Acting my age (or thereabouts)
So, as I’ve recently come to the realization that life doesn’t end at twenty-six, I’ve been attempting to act like it. Thus, the solo beach trip on Monday “just because. ” Then Monday evening Jesse and I went to a graduation party for a guy he works with. A high school graduation party. My only [...]
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