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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: October 2009
The Vacation Begins
We’re in DC! I wasn’t going to blog until we got back, but I’ve changed my mind because I’m having such a great time. We got here late this afternoon, took the Metro into the city, and met up with Jarvis, one of the most down-to-earth and best-dressed guys we know. No, make that the [...]
Baby Steps
This is one of those days with too much to think about. Sentences to write and laundry to do. There is Kierkegaard, a NY Times blog about the difference between depression and despair (Kierkegaard on the Couch). Jesse goes to get his stitches out today. He had something removed from his back, a little persistent [...]
From My Mother’s Journal, April 26, 1984
(almost one year) Haven’t written much for a few days. You are getting sweeter every day. Your personality is beginning to take shape. Just as the American Baby Magazine said, you are becoming more and more attached to your Dad. When he comes home at night, you say, “Da, da, da, da,” with your arms [...]
Erin Bond and the Case of the Curious Check
Since the age of seven, I adored Nancy Drew—she was smart, independent, well-mannered. She drove a Mustang and always managed to outsmart all those dumb people trying to get away with theft, or murder, or any variety of misbehavior. She always knew where the secret passageways were. I devoured every new mystery that came out, [...]
Note to Self:
When you’re having a yard sale and someone tries to give you a check and your instincts are telling you “No checks! Cash only!” you should listen to them. No matter how sweet the little old lady looks. No matter how long she talks to your husband about ancient stringed instruments, or how she tells [...]
Sigma Tau
I remember walking into a meeting room in the Student Union at UCF. I think it was the end of my first year of college, if I remember correctly. I was there for another meeting of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society. We were to vote on a new executive board. I was the [...]


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