Category: 2024
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February 25th, First Impressions
At work, someone tells me I gave off the first impression of being scattered. Which is funny, because while I often announce my arrival as flustered, overwhelmed, rushed, sorry I’m late, the truth is I never thought anyone else actually viewed me this way. I don’t want to attribute blame, but in the language of…
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January 21st, Boulted Recs
The first few nights I’m in Raleigh, I sleep on my camp pad. It’s comforting, it’s comfortable, it fit in the backpack I flew here with from Denver. Or, maybe it was in my bike bag. The one that was 18 lbs over the 50 lb weight limit, and that the lady working the United…
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December 19th, The Last Bit
Mom must have trained us, when we were younger. I can’t think of another explanation. It started with the outdoor pots. There were some saguaro palms, a pot of succulents, hydrangeas, and the forgotten pot of herbs. There were baby citrus trees, to be planted in the orchard come summer. There were pots below the…
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