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I’ve been thinking lately about the title of this blog.  If you haven’t stumbled upon the explanation for it, or you just don’t know, I took the title from the Adrienne Rich poem “Final Notations” which is why it is a tab up there above my title header.
I think the poem is a good description [...]

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Fresh

I’m still kicking around the idea of a hiatus.  But the past two days, I couldn’t help but feel a little renewed that September is over and October has begun.  Don’t get me wrong, September had its moments, like the trip to Denver, and meeting my niece, or having my little nephew declare “Auntie Sare-uhl [...]

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Sorting

Despite my plans, I’ve remained rather quiet of late.  I’m trying to sort a lot of things out, personally, professionally.  And for some reason, even though this blog used to be a tool for that sorting, it somehow isn’t serving that purpose any more.  So, some days I think of taking a break.  Going on [...]

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Heavy

My heart hurts.
I feel stupid and hurt and used and just all around crappy.

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Once again, thank you to everyone for all your sympathy and well wishes on my grandma. We’re doing ok with it so far. She had a good, long life. It’s hard to argue with that. I think the most ironic thing is that while she is the grandparent I held onto for the longest, her [...]

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The One With a Meme

All right, think of this as a little oasis to give you something to read about while I try to come up with something for you to read about. Best Friend sent this email last week and I didn’t respond, so I’m gonna post it here.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No, my parents chose [...]

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So this weekend the moving commences. Actually the moving commenced Thursday night. Which, by the way, when you move out, clean the apartment. I say with all due respect to the girl who jut vacated mine. Because having a pet bunny in a Chicago apartment is odd enough, but leaving behind little bunny-nugget presents for [...]

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Yesterday, my oldest friend in the world (not that of all my friends she is literally the oldest, but our friendship is the oldest) left me a voicemail announcing that she is having a baby girl; I will be having a niece at the end of August.  She and her husband have gone through a lot [...]

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