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You Can’t Be Everybody’s Cup of Tea
There is a song on Kacey Mugraves’ second album, Pageant Material, called “Cup of Tea.” The chorus goes like this: You can’t be everybody’s cup of tea Some like it bitter, some like it sweet Nobody’s everybody’s favorite So you might as well just make it how you please I’ve always liked this song. It’s Continue reading
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Shrug and Keep Going
A few months ago I was in the middle of a Jazzercise class, standing behind a woman I’d never met before. She wasn’t a regular in the class and had asked me to stand in front of her—“It’s been a while, so I won’t be very good.”—but I’d shaken her off and gotten into place Continue reading
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For Sam & Leana, Thanks for Being So Nice
On the last page of my 8th grade yearbook, there is a signature from a girl named Leana. “Hey, you r so sweet & you’ll have no prob in H.S. Have a kick ass summer!! xoxo” I never called the number she wrote beside her name or sent anything to the email address she included. Continue reading
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An Ode to Toast
For the haters: you know who you are. If anyone tries to tell you that “toast is only a breakfast food” this is a lie. A lie because toast is universal, toast is versatile, toast is toast is toast, any time of day or night. Be it dusk or dawn, summer or winter: toast. Be Continue reading
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March & April Favorites
Oh hi! The last two months have turned me into Pac-man, racing around chomping down books, movies, and music like they are the very fuel keeping me going and I’m so happy to share them with you! Here’s what we’ve got: Podcasts Obsessed with Brooke Averick (pop culture) I am an avid listener of Brooke Continue reading
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thanK you aIMee (et. al)
Among Taylor Swift’s 31 (!) new songs released on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, is “thanK you aIMee.” Regardless of who it is speculated to be about, it is a message to a person and/or experience in the past which you’ve found a way to heal from and, in some ways, Continue reading
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The Year is 2003
Let me take you there. Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard close out the top two on American Idol, Finding Nemo is released and “I can speak whale” is arguably the funniest thing in the entire world, iTunes launches, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video are still going strong, and, if you’re me, you’re starting 8th grade. High Continue reading
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Don’t Immediately Dread Jury Duty
At the end of February, I opened my mailbox to find a jury duty summons. It was only the second one I’d ever received, and there had been over a decade in between them, in which I’d moved four times. So I promptly texted this to my sister. Growing up, I always got the feeling Continue reading
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My Weekly Workout Routine (For Now)
I am constantly a sucker for reading about people’s routines. I think we all are. We want to know what people are doing that is bringing them peace or keeping them organized or helping them be productive. We want to know what is making them feel like they are doing more, being more, achieving more, Continue reading
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200 Day Time Capsule Blog #11.5
In July of 2017, I sent a letter to the future. It started a chain of letters that I now fondly call the 200 Day Time Capule Blogs. They include a series of 10 questions to ask and answer for my future self, and give me glimpses into my life in 200 day segments. I Continue reading
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