Tag: Prose
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The Power of Makeup (vs. The Power of Women)
I don’t know if you’ve seen this going around, but there’s a new set of images on the Internet showing Disney princesses without makeup. A sort of bizarre realization struck me as I looked at the article. I started to think about the reactions that people might have for these pictures, and what some of…
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Baby Teeth
There are some people that have baby teeth well into their adulthood. While it’s not the case for me, I do know people who are my age who still have some left over. It’s a weird thing to think about… or at least it was weird, until I realized that, metaphorically, that is my life.…
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Country/City Girl
Yesterday, I visited my friend on her farm. Yes, that’s right, a farm. I have friends who own farms now. God, I feel like an adult. I can’t even fathom owning a farm, let alone one that makes you feel like you’re at Green Gables. I have a hard enough time dealing with the fact…
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The A Rating
The world just keeps getting a little brighter. This week I made an interesting discovery: recently, four Swedish cinemas have announced that they will be using the “A rating” in addition to the typical film ratings. If a film gets an A rating, that means it’s passed the Bechdel Test — a quick evaluation derived from…
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Groceries and Ambitions (or: Why Dogs Have Got It Good)
My friend took me grocery shopping last night. He’s got a tiny little beat-up convertible that he had just gotten back from the shop, it having been out of commission for a couple of months due to repairs, and as we started driving, he said, “Should we put the top down? Let’s put the top…
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I’ve Been Challenged: Catalytic Reminiscence
The ever-lovely Hazelnut Pie has nominated me for the challenge of writing about my first blog post. Weirdly enough, I was scrolling through old posts to get to the beginning, and it dawned on me that I’ve come a lot further with this blog than I initially thought I would be able to pull off. I thought…
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Love Has Won (or, The Inevitability of Sore Losers)
Congratulations, USA! We have finally legalized same-sex marriage across the board, enabling everyone to have marriage equality. It’s amazing to see society finally progressing to this point. It’s not often that I want to express pride for my country, but this week — the week preceding the most appropriate time to express pride for your…
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Quite Contrary (Fending for Weeds’ Honor)
Ah, summer. The season in which gardeners turn trowels into paintbrushes and claim nature as their canvas. Granted, if you’re a good gardener, you will have started your garden months before now, when spring first defrosted the soil; but as it is, I am a bad gardener. Though I did plant my seeds a few weeks ago, I have little…
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In Loving Memory 1928 – 2015
My Grandma had a tradition when I was a kid: when we would visit her and Grandad, she would stand in the doorway as we all got in the car to leave, and flick the lightswitch on and off to say goodbye as we drove away. Oftentimes she would also make the shorthand “I love…
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Fighting the Inevitable
It always seems to rain when I’m on Cape Cod. Maybe it’s life’s way of telling me I need to visit more often — I do my best to come when I can, to see family and a handful of friends and say a quick hello to the ocean (bad weather be damned). But maybe…