If you live or have spent any significant amount of time in the United States, you are probably well-acquainted with our tradition of stealing other countries’ traditions. This usually ends one of two ways:…
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Spring, indeed, always comes. When I was growing up, there was a popular phrase teachers proselytized, usually at end-of-the-year assemblies no one really wanted to be at: “Don’t ever change.” I never understood this…
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When I’m cooking for myself, there is seldom a dish I’m whipping up that doesn’t include some amount of cayenne. This is despite the fact that cayenne makes me sneeze, without fail, every single…
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I am sitting in a café in Nashville eating a pepper jack pimento cheese sandwich and a kale salad, and I have writer’s block. This isn’t an uncommon experience for me, although it usually…
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It’s a little over a month into my boyfriend’s deployment and I’m learning the meaning of “lonely” in a whole different kind of way. I’ve found that it feels kind of like going through…
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October has been a…month. Between my own health issues, the death of a friend from school, and the impending deployment of my boyfriend (tomorrow morning), I have been a mess. I loved Bridget’s Medusa…
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As much as I would love to take a challenge to unplug from social media, my current job (freelance musician!) doesn’t allow me to do that. I get lots of gigs via social media…
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I was so impressed by Vania’s pictures of her house as featured in a magazine that I was inspired to search my own small one-bedroom apartment for the little things I’ve put together over the…
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Procrastination seems to be the theme of late, and goodness knows I do my fair share. Kim’s musings on the “time between times” really rang a bell with me. I feel like those are…
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arts & music culture & community10 Ways to Respond to, “What are you going to do, now?” (Illustrated with Parks and Rec GIFs)
If you read my last post, you would think this should be an update on my grandma’s recipe extravaganza. Alas, when I started going through the recipe box, I discovered they were all dessert…