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Earl

By Erin | Published: September 2, 2010
A quick Earl joke: A friend, who lives in Atlanta, texted me to tell me she’s coming to town this weekend for a visit. I told her I was excited and expressed my hope that Earl would not be visiting us at the same time. A few minutes went by, and then she replied, “Who’s [...]
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Clocks and Wet Cats with Bladder Stones

By Erin | Published: August 20, 2010
Today, I: Took lots of cold medicine. Taught two classes (which were populated by surprisingly brilliant people who blew me away). Watched A. and M. on campus while their parents attended a faculty meeting (A. loves clocks and loves pointing them out. The problem is, he can’t really do consonant blends yet, so the “l” [...]
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Soapy Water

By Erin | Published: July 19, 2010
We painted our kitchen last night. At 5:00 p.m., I woke up from my marathon afternoon nap and Jesse asked what I wanted to do, listing out several options. I immediately vetoed “take a walk” because I was too exhausted. A couple hours later, I stood bewildered in my kitchen, a bucket of purple paint [...]
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Rest

By Erin | Published: April 22, 2010
Last Sunday, I had an epiphany. Well, it had been brewing for a while, but Sunday afternoon was when I decided to get serious about it. Sometime last week, Jesse observed: “You never just sit.” I may stop for a moment, but even in my times of “rest,” I’m always consuming something or doing something—reading, [...]
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The Day So Far…

By Erin | Published: April 19, 2010
Front lawn fertilized and watered with a beer/ammonia/soap tonic. Two white azaleas planted. Back yard tidied of lawn tools and trash from the previous week’s work. Garden fed with beer/ammonia/tea/soap tonic. Experiment of rooting clippings begun. Laundry sorted and started. Bed linens stripped. Smoothie with flax oil and wheat germ consumed. Lamb from the farmer’s [...]
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Songs and Waffles and Charlotte, Oh My!

By Erin | Published: March 28, 2010
We got home last night at half past midnight, exhausted, and fell asleep as soon as the cats were fed and our teeth were brushed. Let’s back up. The past few days have been a whirlwind—fun, nearly every moment of them, but packed. Thursday, I got up early to clean the house, wash linens, make [...]
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Wednesday

By Erin | Published: March 24, 2010
I thought today would be more stressful than it turned out to be. I started the day with an early morning wake-up time, before the sun was up (which, in my opinion, should never happen, but when I try to pull the “People were just not meant to be awake when it’s dark!” card, it [...]
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