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Today, on another episode of “is it normal or is it Casey’s undiagnosed autism…”
One of my favorite things about having a job again is having coworkers. I love coworkers. I love getting to know how people think and why they are the way they are, and I love knowing the names of their cats and what their spouse’s most annoying habit is. I get to study them and…
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Gift ideas for people who might be like Casey
Well, here we are. Time to start stressing out about Christmas gifts. I am a terrible gift giver, so this is a struggle for me every year. In the interest of helping someone out who maybe has a Person Similar to Casey on their Christmas list, I thought I would list out some of my…
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Curiosity about family size, and how I can never ask people questions on this touchy subject.
One thing I am fascinated by is how families come to be the size that they are, and also the spacing between children. In particular, I am interested in the decision-making process of mothers. What internal and external factors were at play that caused you to end up with the number of kids you have?…
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Fun-o-Meter
“But how long is the hike going to be?!” my youngest wailed at me this morning. They have the day off from school and I have the day off from work and I had just delivered the bad news that we are going for a hike later. “Not too long,” I said. “There’s not a…
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I will write about politics just this once.
First: I want you all to remember that we humans are captive to the tides of history. This has been and always will be true. Second: I hate how much brain space so many people have given over to the presidential election. I hate how a certain political candidate seems to have been top of…
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I cleaned my bird feeder.
I know, I can’t believe it either. My mom called while I was elbow-deep in seed grime and dish soap, and I thought to myself that she would never believe me when I told her why I had ignored her call. Did you know I have owned this bird feeder for at least five years…