Category: Everyday Life
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two twenty-nine
On Leap Day, 2012… Roux watched the birds and squirrels from inside the screen door. We heard the doves: bee DOO, doooo, doooo. I learned about vocal fry, which I’m fairly certain I’m guilty of. Justin made my coffee with plenty of sugar and cream, just how I like it. I stretched, because I’m old…
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Remedy Quarterly
Hi guys, guess what?! I was published in Remedy Quarterly!! I’m so excited! I have every issue published so far, and I wait impatiently for it to arrive in the mail every quarter. And since I loved it so much, I decided I’d love to be IN it, and so I submitted a piece and…
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The things I think about…
Tonight I am sitting on the couch, listening to Andrew Bird’s new album and feeling tipsy on life. Tonight I am remembering our October trip to New England years ago. Seeing billions of red and yellow leaves for the first time ever, and crying at their beauty. Stopping on the side of the road for…
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Two Twenty-Nine
Everybody! I’m going to be participating in this cool project called Two Twenty-Nine. Margo and Jennifer are working on their senior honors thesis, and they’ll be putting together a journal of people’s experiences on one day – Leap Day 2012. You can contribute, too! You can submit anything you want – your day in photos,…
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Weekend
This morning we had toast and jam for breakfast. Justin had some healthy fruit and yogurt. I decided to put Jeni’s salty caramel ice cream in my coffee instead of creamer. It was awesome. Today I thought about how everyone is an expert in something, and all of us are completely useless in something else.…