It has begun, the cycle of purging and sorting and sifting and stacking that occurs with every move. This move is particularly heavy on the purging as I am moving from a relatively spacious house (3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 living rooms, you get the idea), to a relatively small house (2 bedroom, 1 bath, [...]
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This poem began when I stumbled upon its form and theme here. I started writing and it became a poem of its own, with a very personal look at how I view my life and where I’m from. Enjoy.
I Am From
I am from line-dried clothing,
homemade bread,
and canned fruit.
I am from a small mid-western town,
1,400 acres of [...]
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It bloomed in Jen’s garden for the first time last spring. This year, I was fortunate enough to capture it on camera:
It’s called a Dracunculus Vulgaris (I swear, I am not making up the name!) and not only does it have a unique appearance, but it also has a unique smell. It smells like rotting garbage [...]
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My sister, Kirsten, and I are a bit strange. Well, perhaps more than a bit strange, but that’s a topic for another post. You see we are close. Incredibly close. We email one another every day, talk on the phone several times a month, and write one another letters often. It is unusual to be [...]
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This weekend, we Marylanders were blessed with the perfect holiday weekend weather. Clear skies, light breezes and temperatures that started in the upper 60s on Friday, and reached the 80s by Monday. Yes, it was lovely weather weekend for us.
There were two highlights of my weekend, other than the weather that is: the first was dinner [...]
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