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Ode to the Spider Living Between My Window Pane and the Screen of My Window You sit there basking in the sun.Sometimes high,Sometimes low.You’re always on the screen, not my window.Does the screen feel better on your spider legs like Dr. Scholl’s massaging insoles?Or maybe you hope that if you sit there long enoughYou’ll melt […]

According to Goodreads I am currently reading seven books. That doesn’t count the book that’s sitting on my shelf from OPL that I need to get read. I also probably have five or six books sitting around that I’ve started at one point and haven’t gotten around to finishing. But they don’t count. There’s no […]

Yup, that just happened.

Kelly Belly got married to her hunky Russian a few days ago. It was a happy day of wedding festivities, tired children, and delicious food. I feel like it should be strange for my younger sister to be married. She and I have always been a pair. Now she’s paired with someone else. It doesn’t […]

Eye-popping purple Toms in child’s size 3.5 are less than half the price of their adult-sized counterparts.

I’ve recently become obsessed with growing things. I don’t know where it came from, but I’m in deep obsess. I bought a small plant a few weeks ago. I have no idea what kind of plant it is, but it doesn’t matter; I love him just the same. He’s got oodles of gorgeous orange blossoms […]

It’s officially almost summer. The sky is nearly always summer blue, my windows are thrown open to the sound of children playing, and a summer breeze kept me company on my walk last night. I pretended yesterday that I was a kid and it was summer vacation. I couldn’t pretend all day since I still […]

Sometimes I think it would be nice to start life over. A new place with new people and new things to do. A whole new life. I’ve been considering recently the possibility of moving to Tibet and taking up residence on a park bench. (My first consideration was Europe but it was quickly pointed out […]

I made a quick trip out to the mailbox (in my socks! I hate going outside with just my socks on). There were four things just for me. I never have four things, let alone four awesome (and unexpected) things. Thing 1: Amex wants me to start a savings account with them. Okay, this one […]

I’m hopelessly addicted to Monday mornings. I know I already covered this topic, but I can’t help mentioning it again. This morning was beautiful. I got up long before the sun rose to drive to work. The sky was painted with gorgeous, pastel blues and pinks and the air was just cool enough to feel […]