Month: May 2014
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Creating a Quilt
When I was in third grade, my paternal grandmother sent each of us four kids a quilt, each similar but slightly different. Mine was lavender. They became our companions, accompanying us on road trip vacations, joining us on the couch for Saturday morning cartoons and lying on our bed. Grandma slowly worked to make a…
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Manifest Destiny
Go West, young man, go West! West we went this weekend, extending our (nonexistent) backyard by 0.06 acres! Leo and I bought the house completely satisfied with the small yard, mostly because we hate mowing laws, and had big visions for landscaping. But we did ponder the yard behind us, wondering if someday we might…