I have these two amazing necklaces that I want to wear every day — a wee pecan from Morrison and a Notebook from Ingrid — but literally, HOW does one wear more than one necklace …
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Tangles
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Glass Pumpkins
Thumbing through my North Carolina Our State Magazine this morning, wishing its pages of Blue Ridge Mountain pictures were one of Bert’s murals that I could leap into, I came across a beautiful spread of …
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Boo Bear
This is Boo Bear. He belonged to Morrison when he was a kid, and now, he belonged to Joe. Coincidentally (OR NOT?) my parents’ nickname for me when I was a kid was ALSO Boo …
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new old things
The other day I said to Morrison, this year I want one hundred presents under the tree. I want the presents to cascade from the tree into other rooms like we’ve suffered a terrible leak …
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The Wizard’s Wife
For a few months during lockdown, every Saturday, Morrison led a group of our friends’ kids through WIZARD SCHOOL, a part learning part D&D zoom adventure, in which the kids solved puzzles and were treated …
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how know you’re 97
After a much needed 5:30 PM post-work power nap, you take a moment, actually a long SERIES of moments, to gaze lovingly at your new teapot that you ordered to match the pepper shaker that …
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Prized Possessions
House Cat THIS RECORD WHICH I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO FORGET THAT I HAD, only to see it’s spine shouting at me from the shelf a few days ago, and now it’s all that I Hear. …
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how to know you married the right person
Yesterday, a Shade guy and his two sons came by to take measurements for some outdoor shades, and as he pulled (barreled?) into our driveway, his brakes failed, and he rammed my car into the …
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SHELF LIFE
SEEKING RECCS FOR SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PPL WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT PART OF THEIR LIVES TO BEGIN AND SO ARE OBSESSED WITH THEIR OWN BATHROOM CORNER SHELVES IF IT DOES NOT EXIST, WOULD …
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Why I’m Tired
I hate it when people are like, I’m so busy and tired, here’s why I’m so busy and tired, and yet, I feel compelled to document the absurdity that was January. And so I’ve gathered these facts, …