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Step on the Stage
May 19, 2021 My phone buzzed with a text from my friend Courtney this morning. It was a photo of us right before we walked the stage to graduate from The University of Texas at Austin. “4 years ago!!” her message read. Four years ago. I finished a season, and in a way, it feels Continue reading
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Get Me to the Car Wash
May 13, 2021 I love my car. It’s my safe place. Sue the Blue Subaru has carried me many a mile around the country. She’s from Austin, but we live in California currently. And let me just say—California really suits my girl Sue. She’s a windows down, sunroof open, cruise down the road kind of Continue reading
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Longboarding and Loss
April 19, 2021 Yesterday would have been my cousin Kole’s 23rd birthday. If only he had made it to his day. If only he had made it to his 21st to have a drink. Or his 18th to leave home. Or his 16th to drive a car. Or even his 15th, because he was so Continue reading
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Awake for the Earthquake
April 5, 2021 Last night there was an earthquake. A magnitude-4.0 in Inglewood that was enough to wake me. Feeling an earthquake is still a new thing for me. It’s strange. I grew up with tornadoes and floods, but not earthquakes. Here in California, earthquakes are nothing to write home about most of the time. Continue reading
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Dirty, Clean Washing Machine
July 1, 2020 My apartment doesn’t have its own washer and dryer in the unit. We share one with the rest of our building. Thankfully, it’s a small building, so it’s usually not too difficult to find a window of time during the week to get laundry done. Of course if I’m having a bad Continue reading
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