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Smashing Pumpkins, “Snail” Those Bastard Souls, “These Things Will Slay You Every Time” Tricky, “Overcome” Note to self: grant reporting is NOT creative writing.

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Nov 2nd

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Degree of Difficulty

I’ve discovered as I’ve gotten older is that stuff I hoped would get easier… hasn’t, at least not in the overall sense. What’s cool about the getting older, though, is that I’m more accepting of that fact than I would have been ten years ago, or even five. It pays to be more accepting of certain certainties. That said, I’ve been yearning for the...

Oct 6th

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Grips

My eldest leaves for Egypt in mid-January 2010. When he comes home in late June 2010, he’s here for a couple of weeks - perhaps until his 18th birthday - and then he leaves this home to live with his father in Chicago for a year. He’ll be working and pursuing his dreams. I have to remember one doesn’t have to be 18 to do that.

Oct 5th

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Idly

I’m going to a friend’s baby shower later this morning. While I know most of the women my age who’ll be there - and even though I’ve known most of them for over ten years - I’m an outsider. These went to college together, had boyfriends in bands together, got married together, and they all have young children and babies together. While this may sound like a sorority...

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