I am participating in the Scintilla Project, a fortnight of storytelling. There will be writing prompts every day for the next two weeks. You can follow along on Twitter @ScintillaHQ and by searching the #scintilla13 hashtag for other participants and their stories. Prompt: 1. What’s the biggest lie you’ve...
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I am participating in the Scintilla Project, a fortnight of storytelling. There will be writing prompts every day for the next two weeks. You can follow along on Twitter @ScintillaHQ and by searching the #scintilla13 hashtag for other participants and their stories. Prompt: Tell a story about a time you got drunk before you were...
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Yesterday was my birthday. It was nice that my birthday fell on a weekend for a few different reasons, because a) I didn’t have to go to work, b) I was (theoretically) able to sleep in (but due to DST, I was up at 8 a.m. (which was technically 7...
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Last week, my sweet blog friend Stephany nominated me for the Liebster Award. I’ve been particularly thrilled, because did you notice that this award contains a German word! “Liebster” means “loveliest” or “most favorite” and it makes my heart happy to know that Stephany would consider my blog for this award,...
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I am… … loving that fall is finally here. No, seriously. I love it. … obviously color-coordinating my outfits. Do you like it? Heh. … ready for some time off. I know, it’s a few more weeks until Christmas (though seriously, didn’t it sneak up on us this year? My...
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I saw this post over on Kyria’s blog and thought it was really interesting to learn about people’s habits. There are things that I am not really particular about and then other things I try to do the same way, because they have proven efficient ways to do things, they are...
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1. Beer. I know, I know. I come from the land of good beer and how can I not like it, but I just don’t. I don’t like the taste and I don’t see the point of advice that I’ve repeatedly gotten from people: just keep drinking it, you’ll eventually like...
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It was on a Friday. October, 5th. Like today. It’s been 11 years to the exact day that J’s and my paths crossed not too far from the couch that I am sitting on only about 20 miles away from here. It’s mind-boggling to me that we’ve known each other for...
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