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From the Archives: Flux

Last year, after I came back from Congo I felt weightless and changeable, and this year I’ve been thinking about that time, and times like it. When we moved to North Carolina. Just like that. Packed everything up and left, just me and Jesse and our cat and our mismatched stuff. The feeling of leaving [...]
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Gracie Girl

Jesse and I moved to North Carolina in June, five years ago. Hard to believe we’ve been here that long, hard to believe it was five whole years ago when we packed everything we owned into a U-Haul and a little band of cars and drove along with our parents several states north (and further [...]
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Gracie’s Home

I have my cat back. She’s got a urinary tract infection, which means I get to shove a pill down her throat twice a day. She loves that. But, it’s just so good to have her home. I just talk to her in silly voices and kiss her fluffy neck and tell her how much [...]
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I Miss My Cat, Again

Gracie’s spending the day at the vet’s (or until she pees for them). We found a suspiciously colored puddle of pee outside the litter box this morning and are guessing it was her. During the day at home, she sleeps in various places around the house and does precious little else. Why, then, does the [...]
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Things Said to Oliver

Last night, as Oliver looked for food in our kitchen sink: “Oliver, I’m not mad because you killed that roach. But I do want you to get off my counter top. Please.”
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Dear Oliver, I Forgive You for Eating the Rose. In Fact, I Forgive You for Every Rose You’ve Ever Eaten. And That Time You Ate the Last Piece of Homemade Bread I Was Saving. And That Time You Ate the Unopened Loaf of Bread I’d Just Bought.

Jesse was out of town this weekend, and last night I was up late waiting for him to get home. I was reading, when I heard a noise across the house. It was nearing midnight and I’d texted Jesse asking him to call me when he was close so I wouldn’t freak out hearing someone [...]
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Snapshot

Life: It’s cloudy out and I sort of wish I could spend the day sleeping, but I also have the day at home so I want to be productive. There are query letters fanned out across the carpet behind me, Gracie is sleeping in the living room, Oliver is staring out the kitchen window, I [...]
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