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Carolina Farmin’

There’s a new grocery store in town, and I had my first visit yesterday. It’s in an old coffee warehouse-like building behind the coffee shop that burned down when I was in grad school after a woman lost control of her car (brakes went out, if I remember correctly) and crashed into the exactly spot [...]

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Costco’s Newest Fan

I got a Costco membership today. It being February 1st, the day when the budget resets and I can go grocery shopping again. (Actually we went over our grocery budget this month. And our eat-out budget. In our defense, we just this month lowered both of them, so we’re still adjusting.) This was the first [...]

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Snapshots

This is life right now: We spent Sunday afternoon in Myrtle Beach, exploring, and we found two places we’d not been before. The first was a trashy flea market where we walked in the heat, melting, my long summer dress clinging to my legs, and looked at cheap guitars, gaudy turquoise rings, old cast iron [...]

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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 [...]

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Happy Black Friday

A new vacuum (that actually works–imagine that). A couple sweaters. And leopard-print heels. That’s better.

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