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I’ll Be My Own Parade.
I started 2019 by tucking my feet into my slippers, pulling on a large knit sweater I impulse bought from the men’s section at Target, throwing my hair up in a bun directly on the top of my head, and making my usual breakfast: a pot of coffee and two slices of avocado toast.… Continue reading
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The Almost-Travel Blogger Worries
Since moving to Wisconsin, I’ve never had great luck with airports. I say that understanding that any flight I spend not plummeting through the sky is a flight with greater-than-marginal success, but in the last five years, I’ve experienced what feels like more than my share of missteps. There was the connection I missed because… Continue reading
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Gratitude Chapter 2: Shoes With the Appropriate Arch Support
As we established in my last post (Gratitude Chapter 1: Teachers), 2018 has turned me into an actual Disney villain, but because 1) the year hasn’t been all bad and 2) villainous scheming takes time I just don’t have right now, I decided to focus on the things for which I am grateful this year… Continue reading
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Gratitude Chapter 1: Teachers
I’ve been trying to figure out why 2018 feels like I stubbed my toe on the calendar. Why time has long felt broken, and why I, to put nicely, have been such a grumpy rage-monster. For one, there’s something big and exciting going on in 2019– a trip to Scotland that is eight years in… Continue reading
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“Well Done, Sister Suffragette”
Currently, through commercials on my TV, in my podcasts, and on my Facebook and Instagram newsfeeds, my tailored ads are telling me I should and shouldn’t vote for candidates in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Georgia, and Texas. Here is a secret: I live in one of those places. I’m not exactly sure why the creepy… Continue reading
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“Think of the safety!”: Learning to Curl and a Rogue Resilience Metaphor
Every time the Olympics come along, both Winter and Summer, I find myself asking people in what sport they would compete if given the chance. I think it’s interesting to see people’s different approaches to the same question, and I think, if we’re being honest, we all daydream about what it would be like to… Continue reading
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The Almost Travel Blogger Tours Wisconsin: Viroqua
I almost convinced someone once that cows have magnetic blood, and if you leave them unattended in a field, they’ll naturally start walking North. It was for an ice breaker question at a meeting during “Bov-ember,” the very famous and very made-up month where my coworkers and I did our jobs like usual, but everything… Continue reading
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The Found Art of Martha Haversham
Sometimes in the course of my research/googles-gone-awry, I run into things that are too charming, interesting, or striking for me not to share. No advice, no pearls of wisdom- I’m definitely, pretty much, mostly very certain those are reasons you decide to stop by- just something cool that might brighten your day. This week? The… Continue reading
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Switchel: Making Nature’s Gatorade
Welcome to part three of the four part series breaking down the latest additions to my cookbook collection, Lemons, Cucumbers, Honey, and Strawberries from Short Stack Editions, short form, ingredient-specific cookbooks. On the last episode of Under the Parrot Umbrella, we solved the world’s problems and answered the age old question: is there good way to bake… Continue reading
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Home A-Loan
It wasn’t what I expected. But then again, I’m not sure what I was expecting. If you have student loans they become a part of your life. Of your morning routine. Of your trip to the grocery store. Of your weekend plans, deciding whether you should take the weekend trip to Minneapolis, or if you… Continue reading
About Me
A well-intentioned ragamuffin, proud auntie, and owner of a fake owl named Herbert. Currently trying to figure out wellness– but wellness for normals who like Fritos– and how to properly climb out of a kayak. Also, needs to get the oil changed in her car. What questions do you have?
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