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Monthly Archives: April 2012

fits and starts

fits and starts

I left on my run this morning five minutes earlier than usual. It was like stepping onstage before the appropriate time, too early for an entrance, out of turn. The high schooler I often see racing across the street toward the bus stop was just leaving his house. He was walking at a normal speed; perhaps […]

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the very depths

the very depths

So here’s the plan: the charming fiancé and I are getting hitched this coming August (!). Thus, we are planning a wedding. We are trying to do so whilst maintaining our principles concerning: simple living, ethical consumption, gender equity/feminism and general reasonableness…and ensuring everyone’s inclusion and happiness…and anticipating bumps in the road prior to tripping over […]

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rooftop porches

rooftop porches

I tend to want everything, all at once. To never have to say no, to respond yes to every option. Perhaps it’s my aversion to decision making, but I think there’s more to it than that. I want life to be weighty and meaningful and rich and deep. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid […]

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yes I said

yes I said

My oh my, how time flies! Many apologies, dear reader. Last week, Ben and I were vacationing, to Chicago and St. Louis, and the week prior I was overwhelmed with all of the preparation vacation demands–and also rather wiped out by that week of in-between-time recipes. But something else has distracted me as well. Yes, my friends, […]

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