It’s November, which means that thousands of would-be novelists around the globe are cranking out obscene numbers of words in a concentrated amount of time, as part of
Topics: NaNoHellNo, NaNoWriMo, On Reading, On Writing

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photo.jpgOriginally uploaded by MissMelysse.This is the pumpkin I carved earlier tonight, as captured by my iphone. I’m pleased with the way it came out, actually. (For once, the iPhone’s limited camera features worked in my favor.)I may not..
Topics: General

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Years ago, I was flipping channels late one Halloween night. Or maybe it was New Year’s Eve. But I think it was Halloween. Anyway, I found a Penn & Teller performance, broadcast from Vegas, and their musical guests were the very cool a capella.
Topics: a capella, Rockapella, Video Killed the Radio Star, Zombie Jamboree, Zombies

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Thursday night, we (Fuzzy, me, and my parents) had an intimate dinner with my aunt, her fiance (now husband), and a local friend of theirs. The food was delicious, the fire crackled happily, and we toddled up to bed, only to wake in the pre-dawn hours to.
Topics: Events, Family, Nostalgia, Travel

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I am in a glow-y pink bedroom room in a 100-year-old house on the border of East Hampton and Amagansett, wrapped in a down comforter and flannel pajamas, sitting in a 100-year-old iron-frame bed, with down pillows behind me, wishing fervently that...
Topics: action, Elemental, Family, LIE, Nostalgia, Social Justice, Travel

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