Tag Archives: just thinking

New Year’s Resolution

By Erin | Published: January 23, 2012

I had a lovely weekend of friends and books and thoughts and time at home with Jesse. I found my New Year’s resolution: Less Facebook, more books. I know better than to make exercise-related goals. One day, maybe–but today is not that day. The resolution has been building for a while now, but it was [...]

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New Year

By Erin | Published: January 3, 2012

So, 2011 is over, and I can’t say I’m sad about it. Last year was rough. And it wasn’t just rough for us; if you’re one of the lucky ones whose 2011 was phenomenal, more power to you, but I need at least two hands to count the friends and family I have who had [...]

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Be What You Already Are

By Erin | Published: October 14, 2011

As I was lying around my parents’ house this weekend, trying to recover the ability to eat solid foods, we watched several ’90s movies on VHS that my mom had bought at a yard sale. In between bouts of some Beethoven sequel and The Little Rascals, my parents brought out a video letter I made [...]

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In the Midst

By Erin | Published: October 4, 2011

This past Friday night, we had a thunderstorm. Jesse and I turned off all the lights and opened the blinds and curled up on the couch to watch the lightning. Everything was silent except the thunder and our whispers. I was glad to be away from a computer, and I thought about when I was [...]

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A Year Later

By Erin | Published: August 17, 2011

Today I went to my department’s composition program meeting, several hours of talking about new SLOs (student learning outcomes), being reminded about the Writing Center and other on-campus services, and so on. Afterward, I ate lunch with Jesse and picked up a few groceries before coming home. Now I am thinking about this time last [...]

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