Monthly Archives: March 2009

Dinner’s Ready!

March 31, 2009
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Dinner’s Ready!

I had a revelation whilst reading a recipe suggestion from my friend Jeannie today. Midwestern recipes seem to always involve spraying a pan with Pam and sprinkling Durkee Fried Onions. We’ve been revamping our eating as you might...

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Bye-Bye Fit!

March 27, 2009
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Bye-Bye Fit!

Or, The Saddest Day Thus Far Colin just drove away with our Honda Fit. Honestly, I had NO idea how attached I’d gotten to that car. I truly felt like crying. It was cute, and peppy, with five...

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Stories Told

March 20, 2009
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Stories Told

Why I Love The Moth When I was about seven or eight years old, I got fixated on the idea of creating a neighborhood newspaper. I would gather stories, write them, publish them using my parent’s typewriter, and...

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Knitting – The Anti-Rage Rage

March 16, 2009
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Knitting – The Anti-Rage Rage

So apparently, I’ve gotten quite hooked on this: It was a combination of the following influences: my Mom re-teaching me (about a year ago) to knit, in response to a bandage knitting project My friend...

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Writer’s Block… A Recessionary Guide to Art v. Work

March 16, 2009
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I am a writer. It is my calling and who I am. That is NOT however, currently my profession. Currently I am teacher. (I would appreciate any and no one stopping...

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Taking Care of Scraped Knees

March 11, 2009
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Taking Care of Scraped Knees

Or, The Case of My Dad and Neosporin I’d like to say, for the record, that I always thought it was weird that Neosporin had the word “spore” in the middle of it. That might...

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Garrison Keillor’s Voice

March 6, 2009
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Garrison Keillor’s Voice

“You can’t imagine how much a dead man weighs.” - What the grandfather of Gabriel Garcia Marquez often told him. Quoted from “A Writer’s Almanac”, March 6, 2009. I’ve gotten quite taken with the sound of Garrison...

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It’s No Secret…

March 5, 2009
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It’s No Secret…

… that Colin and I are NOT YET with children. I mean, you can look everywhere around our house for kids and all you will find is one very strange cat who will not, for any reason,...

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