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I’m not really sure what I was thinking when I planned out my meals this week. It’s summer, and my apartment is always hot. Turning on both the stove and oven to roast vegetables and cook rice? Intelligent. Last night, I walked in to walls that seemed to be sweating and immediately abandoned my dinner plans [...] Let’s take a trip back in time. It’s the second semester of my freshman year of college, and a friend has invited me to her place for dinner. Yes, I went to a school where freshman had full kitchens – and were trusted with gas stoves. I had a difficult first semester of school, so I was [...] In my most recent attempt to tidy my perpetually disorganized bedroom, I delved deep into my closet, reaching for the pile that lay below some old and abandoned dresses: my winter boots. As I arranged the shoes from heap to row, I paused over an old pair. Spring clean after spring clean, I simply won’t [...] Growing up, my sister and I did not get along as nicely as we (usually) do today. Our after school afternoons were often packed with unnecessary bickering, from channel flipping between Darkwing Duck and Animaniacs to confiscating each others’ colored pencils. One way that Ally liked to torture me was with food. A client of our [...] On a recent visit to my grandmother’s house, she took me on a tour of her backyard garden. The expanse is not large, but still roomy enough for several square feet of brick, a table and two chairs, and many vibrant plants. It is the ideal size for her slow movements – though her age [...] |
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