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The Tree Conspiracy: Part 2
Some of my most loyal readers (mostly my dad–Hi Dad!) pointed out that my last entry ended rather abruptly. Even though I remembered writing a complete and entirely coherent blog (for once!) I went back to the old post to see what people were talking about. Sure enough, the blog ends in the middle of…
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The Tree Conspiracy: Part 1
I generally consider myself pro-tree. I watched Ferngully. I breathe oxygen. I have been known to hug the occasional tree. I’m a sucker for Aspens in particular. They just seem fun with their fluttery little jazz hand leaves. If a tree was on an election ballot, I would probably vote for it. I would definitely…
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Life on Hold
My last blog post was written over seven months ago. In the interim, messes have continued to occur. But they occurred at such a rate that I could hardly keep up with writing them all down. Today I write to tell you of a mess so big, so incredible, so un-overcomable that it has put…
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Standards Suffer When You Write an Entire Novel in a Month
This was the first year I ever participated in NaNoWriMo. Nerds know what NaNoWriMo is. In case you are not a nerd, I will describe it to you (though I have doubts that anyone who is not a nerd reads my blog, except for my Grandma–Hi Grandma!) NaNoWriMo is the cleverly pronounce-able acronym for National…
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No, The Cake Is Not for a Bachelorette Party
Maybe I have been watching too many baking shows recently. I seem to have an over-inflated sense of my ability to make showstopping cakes. My birthday party is tomorrow. I am having a Moulin Rouge sing-a-long. So, naturally, I decided to make a cake in the shape of the Moulin Rouge. And what a cake…
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Back-to-School Parenting Fail
Those of you who have or once were children are likely familiar with the gauntlet known as back-to-school shopping. Just as there are stages to grief, labor, and rocket ships, there are stages to back-to-school shopping. In the first stage, the child is eager to find school related items, such as back packs and new…
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Keepin’ Calm
Tomorrow I am performing in a trapeze competition. Under normal circumstances I would be doing something that we call in the industry “freaking out.” However, I have a new strategy for dealing with my feelings of absolute terror that frequently occur before performances and competitions. I will gladly share my strategy in case it will…
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Sync or Swim
You know how people frequently tell stories about the time their parent/camp counselor/authority figure threw them in the deep end of the pool to see if they could swim? It is a useful, if a bit cliché, metaphor for when life pushes us too far and we spend some amount of time wondering if we…
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The Most Impressive Thing I Did Today Was Step On My Own Foot
The most interesting thing I did today was step on my own foot. Here’s how it happened. I was walking briskly (I generally walk briskly–people assume you know what you are doing when you walk with purpose) through my office building when a coworker commented as I passed, “I like your dress.” (It really…
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Still a Little Despondent
This article contains spoilers for a 20 page children’s picture book published nearly a decade ago. You have been warned!!! There is a brilliant children’s book called 13 Words by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Maira Kalman. Despite its somewhat misleading name, the book actually contains more than 13 total words. But it does contain 13…