Long distance warmth
Thursday nights are for calling Abuela Rosa. Has been since I moved out, really, but especially since becoming the family heritage keeper...
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Emergency tea council
Sarah showed up at my door looking like she’d been hit by a truck. Same energy, honestly. We both had that particular brand of February e...
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Pre-workout prep with the efficiency expert
Carmen shows up at 6:45am looking like she stepped out of an athleisure catalog. Hair perfect, matching set, shoes already laced. Meanwhi...
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Thermal confusion at 7am
The thermostat says 72 degrees. My body says we’re living in an arctic tundra.
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Window seat confessions
Spent twenty minutes pressed against our living room window this afternoon watching the couple in 3B have what appeared to be a very anim...
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Down the illuminated manuscript rabbit hole
Started innocent enough. Was looking up something quick about book binding techniques for a pottery workshop idea Sarah and I were discus...
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Six-person gift tornado
Woke up to Jake already making coffee for an army. Forgot I’d invited literally everyone over for Christmas morning gift exchange until I...
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Notes from the archives
Cleaning out my anniversary planning folder today and stumbled across Jake’s note from that whole heating disaster back in February. You ...
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Sunday morning alchemy
Found myself awake before Jake this morning, which almost never happens, and decided to experiment with that French press technique Sarah...
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The art of going alone
Drove up to that little mountain town about an hour north this morning. No plan, no agenda, just me and whatever the day wanted to offer.
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