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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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Clocks and Wet Cats with Bladder Stones
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” [...]
Soapy Water
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 [...]
Rest
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, [...]
The Day So Far…
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 [...]
Songs and Waffles and Charlotte, Oh My!
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 [...]
Posted in Various and Sundry Also tagged Food, friends, good day, hair, North Carolina, saving money, shopping, the cats 2 Comments
Wednesday
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 [...]
Posted in Various and Sundry Also tagged Food, getting up early, good day, kids, learning 6 Comments


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