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You Made Me Lists June 24, 2011

(and I kept them…) It’s your birthday for another twelve minutes. I’ve been babbling to you all day, reading your words, my words, missing you terribly, missing you in such a surreal way…

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It Makes Me Sigh

June 3, 2011

I’m starting to realize that so much of my writing was for Derek.  Everyone needs an audience, real or perceived – and I use “audience” loosely – think of that tree falling in the forest…  Derek & I, we were all about audience….

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Are You a Yakima Girl?

March 14, 2011

or, the worse pick-up line ever…. I’ve been thinking about writing a lot lately.  Thinking about writing is not really writing – it is just thinking.  And thoughts…well, they are wiggly things.  That said, it should not surprise anyone that “lately” translates to oh, the last year…eighteen months, maybe?  Sigh.  The best laid plans… Chad [...]

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And The Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down

Thirty-seven February 23, 2009

I love rain. I love rain because I no longer live in Seattle. Today the rain is falling, thick – dense – and very, very gray. Utterly lovely. I woke up this morning in the middle of a dream. A dream of a funeral that never happened being led by an impressive woman – rather [...]

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A Glass of Wine and I’ll Be Fine…

January 7, 2009

I’ve been working most of the day and I know that I accomplished something, other than coughing up copious amounts of Icky Cold Debris.  Sadly, I couldn’t tell you what – what I accomplished, that is. It was a beautiful day today – I kept the back door open to let fresh air in and [...]

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