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Storytime… A few weeks ago, a close friend stayed over for a night in my apartment. Despite our consumption of wine and late arrival home the previous evening, we both found ourselves wide awake by 8 AM. Being morning people can be both a blessing and a curse. Sprawled on the couch in my newly spacious living [...] After weeks of holiday celebrations, commitments, and general insanity, I spent the past two days doing…absolutely nothing. It was pretty glorious, not going to lie. As a result, I woke up this morning feeling completely refreshed and ready for the first Monday of the new year. Wouldn’t it be [...] Happy birthday to me! I tend to shy away from the center of attention, so I’ve never subscribed to the “everyone bow down to my birthday” philosophy. I’m happy to celebrate others’ that way; I’ve just never done it for myself. So, I have to admit that writing a me-centric post feels a bit awkward. In some [...] Recently, I have been honored to be tagged for a few “blogging awards” by some other bloggers I greatly respect. I don’t normally indulge this amount of “me-talk,” mostly out of fear of boring my dear readers. But, this time I decided, why not? If you feel inspired to procrastinate, read on. Resulting in quite possibly [...] Carving a pumpkin was serious business during my childhood. First there was the trip to Jones’ Farm, the local pumpkin patch, where my father would lift my sister and I onto the the platform for a hayride, and I would successfully avoid exposure to fruit by turning down apple cider. We’d come home with four pumpkins: [...] |
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