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Wayfaring Stranger--a new LJ theme?
No, this isn't about immigration ( Read more... ) -
Update on "Maud and Me"
Got this brief note today from one of the editors of the academic book ( Read more... ) -
Opus Dei
Thanks for all your suggestions about the exercise and diet programs. I am taking many of the tenets of advice to heart--I have already begun to drink massive cups of water in the evenings and at night while I'm reading and online. I fought the urge to eat stuff after dinner two nights in a row... and did not go to Steak and Shake for a vanilla ( Read more... ) -
New School Year Resolution
From this month's O magazine ( Read more... ) -
Picnic Weekend and the Literal Word
The end of summer here Up North is marked by a frenzy of picnics, barbecues and cookouts. I am not sure that people in the Sun Belt can really understand it unless they spent time (growing up, college, etc.) in a place with harsh winters. There's this undertone of frenzy in the messages, almost... "I know there's another cookout at the chrch ( Read more... ) -
Yay!
I'm done with the "Maud and Me" essay!
*dances*
It was quite the exercise, writing my autobiography from ages 12 to 29 alongside Maud's girls and their coming of age. I ended up using Anne for my teen years, Emily for my late teens and early 20s, and Valancy for the past couple of years. I talked about absolutely everything: Detroit, race, ( Read more... ) -
Moral of the Story
It's been a fairly rough summer in what is shaping up to be a great year... the exact opposite of 2001, which was a really great summer in a rough year. I'm just glad to be back on track ( Read more... ) -
General Public Statement to the Latter-Day HP Fandom
(NOTE: A version of this will soon be posted on HP_Paradise.)
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Update on Clare; Ode to Ariana
Yes, she's still here. :-D apolla's mother is a genius at getting things done, so she's got a flight out for tomorrow evening. This means we are at ease this afternoon, plotting for tonight. Tomorrow morning, we are going to do the famous Jefferson/Alter Road drive between Detroit and Grosse Pointe.
Also, in my blow-by-blow, I failed to mention arianaeh, ( Read more... )