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Deferred Maintenance
Three months ago, while on a road trip, the words Deferred Maintenance dropped into my awareness and pressed me with urgency. I’ve gotten familiar with the way my sources of inspiration arrive. Like a boa constrictor, the words grab hold of my attention and start winding their way around my consciousness. As they do, I…
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Getting Over the Hump
This was our first big outing together without her parents. We knew when we asked her if she wanted to spend her birthday with her uncle and Auntie at the zoo, that we had entered a new playing field. At the start of the day, we had a relationship that felt familiar, but it had…
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Tripping the Lights… FANTASTIC
My husband and I arrived early to the concert hall and had only settled into our thoughtfully selected barstools for about 15 minutes before her laughter sliced the air with its mocking tone. With a nervous system too highly calibrated for such sounds, I remember my shoulders shooting up and my neck pulling downward as…
