Everyday isn’t laundry day in my house, though sometimes it sure does feel like it. I don’t mind doing the laundry, though. This is my first apartment with an in-unit washer and dryer, and they’re both brand new and awesome. For the first time in my adult life, I don’t have to hunt for quarters…
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Made of Stars
Sorry that the last post was private. There are two reasons for that: 1) I needed to vent about a problem I’ve been holding inside for the last year or two, a problem that has become more intense since my move. I wanted to share without making my musings public, something I have tried to…
Murphy
You’ve already read about my beautiful eldest cat, Isabel. If you’ve been reading along, you’ve probably caught on by now that there’s another fur child in my household, Izzy’s younger brother Murphy. His story is a little less involved than his sister’s, but every bit as important to our household’s history. Some of you might…
Laundry Day
Isabel loves laundry day. She is especially fond of piles of towels, so for her today was heavenly.
The Tiniest Walkabout
Sundays are normally my homework day, during which I scramble mightily to polish up my weekly assignment in hopes of getting an A+. It’s funny, school seems to be so much easier when you’re older and genuinely excited to do the work. I’m not sure that going to school online gives you the fullness of…
The Moonlit Ride
Back in the pre-Katrina days, I was an avid biker. I rode my bicycle everywhere, at any time, for any reason. I wasn’t crazy-over-the-moon about my bike in the way that hipsters seem to be, but I loved it. It was a blue Raleigh mountain bike that I spent a pretty penny on in college,…
Finding Myself
For most of my life, I never thought to ask “Who am I?” I felt pretty secure in my identity: a 10th generation North Carolinian, daughter of two fiercely strong-willed people, lover of nature and history. My father grew up in the same small town where I was born, and he and my mother will…
The Cats of New Orleans
Since I’m working from home now, it turns out I end up spending a lot of the day basically Velcro’d to my couch. My social life is pretty sparse, since I’m not a big drinker and I’m trying to drop some weight, which makes me not too much of a big eater, right now, either….
The Reluctant Lock
I just moved back to New Orleans from a long stint in Chicago. I did not want to. I moved back to the city mostly because it was time to put more effort into my relationship after 3 years of long-distance dating. The Man believes that I’m a little bummed to be back in my…
The Reluctant Lock
I just moved back to New Orleans from a long stint in Chicago. I did not want to. I moved back to the city mostly because it was time to put more effort into my relationship after 3 years of long-distance dating. The Man believes that I’m a little bummed to be back in my…
Compass & Quill 