Category Archives: Personal

Goodbye, Chester | Personal

I’m an animal lover. At no point of my life have I been without a pet—from relatively normal mammals like dogs and hamsters, to slightly weirder (and not totally advisable) reptiles like iguanas and turtles. But none of them has been as important to me as our cats. Yep, I’m one of those people. I’m a […]

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April 2012 Goals

If you could see my face right now, you’d be staring at one of the biggest, stupidest grins and you would not for one second doubt its sincerity. I am at this moment reposing in a room at my Great Aunt + Uncle’s home in hot, humid Oklahoma. I am smiling like a fool because […]

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March 2012 Goals

Sherman and a well-timed yawn. I write and post goals (almost) every month because I am a flawed person.  I don’t do it to show off, or to force content for this blog.  I do it because I am flawed.  I am flawed.  Were I perfect, I wouldn’t need or want to write these goals.  I […]

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2012 + February Goals

One of my favorite images from our wedding last October, by Bobbi+Mike. For Glen and me, 2011 was a year of changing circumstances. A whirlwind of upheaval and emotional movement, of clashing and coalescing desires and dreams. Neither of us could have predicted a year ago that we would stand where we are today. But […]

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December 2011 Goals

The orange tree in our side yard. Approaching ripeness. If there is one refrain I am hearing lately from basically everyone, it’s “Holy crumbs, it’s December!”  I’m in complete agreement.  The older I get, the faster time seems to pass, and this year was no exception.  It makes me happy to know (based on everyone […]

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