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Ideas Flow With Your Blood

Coagulation is awful. Well, unless you're bleeding profusely, then I suppose it's pretty awesome. I'm speaking metaphorically. If I may toss a little basic science your way, coagulation is when a liquid starts to thicken into a solid state. When you're bleeding, your body all seems to be on the same page, and reacts accordingly.… Continue reading Ideas Flow With Your Blood

Raggedy Ann To A Dracula Snoopy T-shirt The Evolution Of My Halloween

Who to choose for your kickball team? Grape or strawberry jelly? These are important decisions for a kid, but the most life-affecting decision a kid can make in elementary school? What to dress up as for Halloween. Months of agonizing debate and firing of ideas and creativity take place in the minds of young people,… Continue reading Raggedy Ann To A Dracula Snoopy T-shirt The Evolution Of My Halloween

The Secret We Pretend We Don’t Know

I'm ok. I'm just tired.

Psst. Hey. You wanna know a secret? Life is hard sometimes. I don't mean capital-letters LIFE, your string of years on this planet, where into your LIFE good times and bad times will come. Everybody admits capital-letters LIFE can be hard sometimes. I mean lowercase life, the daily act of getting out of bed in… Continue reading The Secret We Pretend We Don’t Know

Back Off My Bumper

One minute you're driving home from work, listening to the radio and planning what to have for dinner, the next you're pulled onto the side of the road, taking pictures of what used to be your car's bumper and exchanging every number that's ever been assigned to you and your vehicle with a stranger. Last… Continue reading Back Off My Bumper

Super Plant Lady

Is there anything to compare to those first fresh days of Spring after a long cold Winter? The warm breezes, the shining sun, your overconfidence in your gardening abilities and your unrealistic expectations for your commitment to working outdoors all Summer long? As we head into the first days of Autumn, I look back at… Continue reading Super Plant Lady