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I’m a Little Teapot $hort and $tout
When we were unpacking boxes that had been in storage for years this past summer, we came across a few items we’d forgotten all about. It was kind of like Christmas in July! One of these was an unassuming silver teapot that had once belonged to my grandmother. We already had a teapot—something cheap we’d…
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I Didn’t Want to be Don Draper
We recently started watching “Mad Men.” I have no idea what took so long; I graduated from college with a BA in Advertising, after all, and once dreamed of living the Madison Avenue lifestyle. There’s no way I wouldn’t find the show compelling. What I did not find compelling was advertising. I knew I wanted…
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The Third Cut is the Deepest
We writers are required to have a thick skin. It’s right there in the job requirements, alongside other necessary qualities such as: Stereotypes aside, we do love words. Especially our own. So when we’re asked to tear apart creations we have obsessed over perfecting, it feels like a slow death of sorts. Now, just to be clear,…
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667 Miles for Oatmeal
I’m not sure if we’re crazy, but we basically just drove 667 miles roundtrip for oatmeal. I may be grossly oversimplifying the situation. But we did go to Fort Collins, Colorado for a quick weekend getaway in order to stock up on essentials from Trader Joe’s. And it’s the second time we’ve done so this…
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Revolving Door
We’ve had a revolving door of houseguests over the past four weeks. I feel so popular! Following my FIL’s visit the first weekend in August, my MIL and nephew came up for a few days. They drove the 1,200 miles from Tacoma to Rapid City, which I can tell you from personal experience is quite…
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What’s the Latest Buzz?
Mosquitoes, that’s what. They have been relentless this summer, no doubt because of all the rain we have had. And they seem to be impervious to mosquito repellant. I sprayed myself with Off® one morning before my walk and still managed to come back with half a dozen new bites on my arms. Little bastards.…
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