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it's a date

2008-07-04T19:21:23Z

today is my grandmother's birthday as well as (supposedly) our nation's. my parents and youngest sister are visiting her and my grandfather, who is doing well but has parkinson's disease. i talked to him on the phone and he sounded all right, but ...

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birthday poem

2008-06-13T17:21:20Z

Blessings At the surprise party, we all sat clapping dumbly when you came in unsurprised. I fumbled in a cabinet, your voice in the other room saying I know we are of the same nature. Three birds with clipped wings try to glide up the dizz...

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translations

2008-06-06T18:55:00Z

One of my summer projects is to work on some poetry and translations, which I have decided to keep here. Hopefully the knowledge that there may be an occasional reader will keep me on task. Thanks!

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welcome to the jungle

2008-06-04T20:38:36Z

well, just as m. predicted, the weather jumped from 50 degrees and rainy to 85+ and humid. nuts. time to get out my pith helmet. but the jungle i'm referring to is the summer, that land of unstructured time and too many tasks. i usually make unre...

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superdone, superexcited

2008-05-16T18:24:23Z

Yep! For now, I'm done. Done with my semester, done with my thesis! I just ate a chocolate chip cookie and watched all the trailers for the "Sex and the City" movie on the NYT website to celebrate. Now I'm looking at old photos that I have stored ...

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Then the monk says, "Celebrate! The word was 'celebrate'!"

2008-05-01T19:17:23Z

Hey, it's been a while! I defended my thesis last week, and as soon as that happened I became very lazy and very happy, and very lazy. Seriously. It's the last week of class, but I can't do any work. I have a bunch of finals stuff but I just can'...

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Clean and safe from accidents, sheltered from the elements.

2008-04-27T18:43:41Z

Hello folks, Been too busy to update this thing, but recording has been taking place. Another vocal is completed, another one has been sketched out. Another has been half completed! Another guitar has been put down... progress is still slow just ...

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Good night, and good work

2008-04-03T12:59:05Z

Hey, all, I've been busy with work at school, trying to chip away at my thesis, and I will continue to be out of touch for the next few weeks. There's lots of good news in the air (nice folks at M's new program, baby C.D. my niece, lambs, everyon...

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baby!

2008-03-21T00:27:14Z

My sister A.'s baby was born this afternoon! We're all thrilled. This means I'm an aunt, and my parents are grandparents. I can't wait to see some pictures of her. Hopefully M. and I will meet her in a few short months. Wow. I can hardly believe ...

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Who actually LIKED trucker hats, anyway?

2008-03-15T22:52:29Z

I came across this fun article in the NYT today, and it led me to this fun blog about a documentary on young farmers. The next generation of Back To The Land-ers! I sent the link to my parents - I hope they're excited. It was sort of eerie watchin...

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