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just a tweak
We have the world’s smallest hall bathroom. When my family came to visit us last year I told them to be sure to use the…
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Beautifully Mundane
It is early morning and I start another day. Tilly has an amazing internal alarm clock that insists on no more sleeping past 5:30am. Sometimes,…
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Tilly’s First Tide
Vacationing without vacationing seems to be our rallying cry this summer. Keeping things local, daytrips, and ‘cheap entertainment’. Like so many of you, COVID has…
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The Call of the Bells
The sound of a bell is said to disengage our mind from the onslaught of thoughts and ideas and stimuli that is constantly grabbing our…
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GHOST by Jason Reynolds
I miss Castle. I realize this isn’t something I need to hide (anymore.) But you have to understand, I started this secret habit back before it…
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THE NAME JAR by Yangsook Choi
I remember it clearly. I was in 4th grade, Mrs. Adams’ class at Alton Elementary School and I was up next to give a talk…
BOTANY & BOOKENDS
a collection of ordinary days
