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How To Pick Berries in 12 Easy Steps 11 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
Step One: Wait until noon. Enter the lair of the beast. Softly, softly. Sing to it. “I love you, Ilsa, oh yes I do.” Nothing “I love you, Ilsa, and I’ll be true.” A low keening starts, like the soun...
Snapshots of my Days 31 Jul 2013 | 02:20 am
I’m sitting on a park bench in the shade with a new friend, A, while our kids play on the play structure. (Yes, I know my kids are 16, but they are good sports and join her younger kids on swings and ...
Nightstand: July 2013 24 Jul 2013 | 07:54 am
What an exciting post title that is! I can’t believe it’s the 4th Tuesday of July already. This month has flown by, been really busy. So we took Elliot for his two-day freshman orientation this week,...
Camping 13 Jul 2013 | 12:26 pm
Camping. It happened nearly a month ago but I’ve decided that blog time is sort of like novel time. It doesn’t have to be close to reality, right? Because seriously, you don’t care when exactly it was...
Party on, oh Graduate! 28 Jun 2013 | 08:21 am
The Sunday before graduation was Elliot’s party. Here is a copy of the invitation with our address whited out, since I’m the one writing this blog not Abel. (Sigh. I don’t mind having these conversati...
Nightstand for June ’13 26 Jun 2013 | 08:39 am
I can’t believe no one commented on what an adorable baby Elliot was. Go ahead and scroll down, look at the previous post, ooh and aah, then come back. It’ll only take you a minute, unless your laptop...
All Grown Up (practically) 23 Jun 2013 | 12:33 am
First there was this: Then this: And suddenly, this! It happens like this, life. Children grow, parents die, and I am for now in the middle. Elliot graduated last week, and it was a joyous occasion...
Nightstand for May 2013 29 May 2013 | 01:14 am
I completely skipped this meme last month, but I’m not going to make up–frankly, between traveling to the conference and then spending nearly 2 weeks in bed while attempting to displace my lungs to th...
Butter + Milk does not equal Buttermilk 27 May 2013 | 02:14 am
1. I am better! Yaay! Except still coughing and a bit croaky at times. 2. This is not the promised Sandwich Nazi post. To do that one, I have to find the cord to plug my phone into my computer to remo...
On Traveling to the East Coast 18 May 2013 | 11:14 am
So I recently spent a week in Philadelphia. Now I’ve traveled a fair bit in my time, but not extensively in the US. I mostly only know the West Coast. Philly is like a whole different country. Here ar...