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Leaves of three, we did not let it be.
First, the weather… It’s like Mother Nature flipped a switch Thursday night. Our temperature dropped from the 70s to the 40s in less than 12 hours. We ran the A/C on Thursday and the heat on Friday. Hasn’t been above the mid-50s since, and that trend looks to hold through at least the next 10…
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No more red and white makes me blue.
Last week, I opened my mailbox and retrieved a red envelope for the last time ever. I’m not going to beat a dead horse. Y’all know how much I loved my Netflix DVDs. My final DVD, #789, was Crazy Heart, a 2009 drama about a washed-up country singer (Jeff Bridges) struggling with alcohol addiction and…
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This warm weather really bugs me.
Remember the cluster of flies in The Amityville Horror? I kinda wish I’d never seen the movie, because this is what our house looks like currently. They’re not flies, but boxelder bugs. And thankfully (I guess?) this behavior is normal. It does not signify the presence of evil spirits or paranormal activity. Per Wikipedia: During…
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How I resurrected the dead.
Last month, a coworker popped over to my desk to announce she was reading my book. This was a shock, because, how did she get inside my house?! Oh, wait. I was working in the TobacCo office that day. Whew! Actually, it was a surprise because I hadn’t told anyone at work that I’d written…
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A good case of the night sweats.
I’ve mentioned before how a mutual love of music–specifically indie and alternative rock–helped ignite the Team MarTar spark. It was something we bonded over early on, mailing each other mix CDs (How quaint! How cute!) long before we ever shacked up. She was particularly impressed when I included a Foster the People track one time,…
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Slight chance of no precipitation.
You might recall that I’ve got a bit of an obsession with holiday decorating. I never could hold a candle to Christmas Light Kelly, but Halloween, at least, always belonged to me. Tara did not share my enthusiasm for holiday excess when we first began dating. Some years, she and her ex didn’t even bother…
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