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Poetry 101
Despite the content of my previous post, I actually do not like poetry. Poetry annoys me. Use full sentences, damnit! Paragraphs and punctuation are here to serve us, not constrain us. I often read poetry with my eyes narrowed in skepticism; smushing random words together with no structure does not make you insightful. But… Every…
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Poetry 1
Yesterday, a new experience:a painting made me cry.Three vibrant, precious blue eggssurrounded by a nest of chaos,grey, brown, jagged. My instinct to protect those little eggsbecause I always find them on the ground in the summer,broken,alone. Art doesn’t usually make me cry (or want to write poetry)but lately it’s all right there at the surface:joy,…
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Updates on my previous post
OneI went roller skating with my youngest son on Saturday and went on a short winter hike/walk with my oldest son on Sunday. The roller rink was absolutely packed, busier than I’ve ever seen it. We had a great time, and after about a half hour with the skate-mate my youngest was ready to go…
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Odds & Ends
Post-college, I often sent emails to my friends in order to keep in touch. It was a nice way to dig deeper than social media, and texting was not as easy in 2006 as it is now. I found myself spending too much time agonizing over transition words and flow, so I started just sending…
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Documentary Review/ Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Disclaimer: I went into this documentary with no prior knowledge of the topic. If you are similarly clueless and would like to watch this film with fresh eyes, I suggest you do the same and stop reading after this paragraph. Although…I would rate this documentary as just okay. You might enjoy reading this post just…
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Godzilla & the attempted all-nighter
I want to remind my six readers that you can follow this blog on Instagram! My youngest kid turned nine recently and requested a sleepover with his favorite cousin to celebrate. He also requested that I buy Mountain Dew for them, telling me that they needed the caffeine because they were going to “pull an…
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The Queen of Winter
A few weeks ago, a friend referred to me in a group chat as the “Queen of Winter” and I swelled with pride. I am the queen of winter. I love winter. Or at least I used to. We’ve had a weird winter here in Minnesota this year. The weather has been warm (above freezing)…
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Meanwhile, in the real world… (vol 2)
Both of my kids went to school this morning, the first time in three weeks that this has happened. I had expected to feel relief, but now I have to turn my attention to righting the chaos in my house. I need to clean the bathroom. I need to get back to the gym. Worst…
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Tragedy, Undefeated
I mentioned a few posts back that I had a college friend on hospice due to cancer. He died yesterday, on his oldest son’s seventh birthday. My friend’s son woke up on his birthday yesterday morning having had a living father for 7 out of his 7 years on this planet, 100% of his life.…
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Still reading books in the year of our lord 2023
Every year my friend gently bullies me into setting a “reading challenge” goal on Goodreads. This year I did not achieve my goal of 50 books, landing hard at 47 (prime number!) instead. The shortest book (144 pages) I read this year was All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the first book in the Murderbot…