Sitting with a sparrow swarm beaks tapping on my picnic table. Hoarding seed scattered from visitors after an earlier binge. Some hop underneath where much of the food has fallen. Rustling the first Japanese maple leaves to turn red, fall, then die brown in my unkempt yard. Others are gluttons (seed parts cover their yellow [...]

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I was talking to Brendon about something this morning, clearly important, while gazing out the window when I inserted, “oh, the nuthatch found us!” in the middle of my sentence. Brendon looked downward, shaking his head, rubbing his eyes with his left hand, his distinct tell that I’d done it again. Birds distract me. A [...]

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Apparently, we’re a slackline family. This is what Brendon grinningly told me as I asked what the FedEx driver brought us from The Clymb. Again. Another package from The Clymb. That boy needs serious The Clymb intervention. Eyes sparkling, he said he got it for free (plus shipping) and the way he can manipulate internet [...]

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The house is quiet. And a mess. Old quilts unused for years now billow on the floor on top of the heat vent. Our couch, made up of several cushions that are never in their place, is in its mismatched arrangement for the day. Two remain on the floor next to the blankets, a cozy [...]

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I’ve spent part of the past 10 years colored some shade of crazy.  When my first baby was home, safe in my arms after a 13 month adoption process I cried all the time.  A sad cry.  A deep deep cry, new to me in 32 years of crying. I asked my doc about it, [...]

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A recent funny conversation on Facebook: S:  So are we going to do the thing for DaLutz for sure? K:  UM I REALLY WANT TOOOO!!!! tell lutz to organize it! Me:  Hey! I’m not the one with the busy high school schedule! S:  Do you know we’re planning on doing for you? Me:  no! what??!? [...]

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from Bren to Amy date Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM subject Reminded me of you hide details Dec 13 (4 days ago) Found this. Reminded me of you. http://bit.ly/72SBFq …

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