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Serious Business
Nothing could come between a girl and her Etch A Sketch in 1981.
NOTHING.Just look at that tight-lipped concentration…LOOK AT IT.
Maybe I was creating a message for my mom? Or a beautiful design? Or a note to my brother begging him to stop slowly poisoning my parakeet and calling me Oot Head.WHO KNOWS?
My Etch A Sketch has been replaced with 10,000 pounds of letterpress equipment, a laptop, and Jen. (Sorry, Jen.)
Here’s a new Valentine’s Day card… Lead type and an antique cut can barely compare to the magic of my childhood.
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Sugar and Spice
Sandwiched between Woodworking II
and tanningbooths atGoldenTaninthe Richfield Hub(Um, Off-CampusStudy HalI),
was a class calledPrintmaking.
*Actual linocut carved while under Sr. Bernardine’s tutelage.Maybe I should thank Sr. Bernardine (‘s grave) for opening my mind to all things print-related?
Inspired by that lil’ puppy:
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Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats
Oh, wouldn’t I look smart in my new floral, lightly quilted, Guinnea Sax dress and ivory blouse! The thin silk ribbon under my collar tied so prettily… Real leather open-toe sandals with cuffed socks actually MATCH MY BLOUSE… Eleven years old and I just knew I already had the world by the shanks. THE SHANKS.
First Picture Day at my new school was going to change everything! Sure, I spend nights in bed carefully drawing miniature Black Stallions in the margin of my diary. And sure, I rarely brushed my stick-straight blonde, center-parted, mom-cut hair. But I was pretty sure I looked like Sissy Spacek,circa 1973.
With backpack securely fastened over both shoulders, I proudly marched through the alley-entrance onto the school playground/parking lot.WHAT’S THIS?! The girls/my classmates are wearing Guess Jeansand white t-shirts!
My heart sank.And they burst out laughing at the very site of me!
HOW COULD THEY?! THE AGONY! Thank God my call home from the nurses office only resulted in my mom coaxing me to stay at school long enough to have my picture taken, otherwise there wouldn’t be this evidence. THANK GOD.~Dedicated to the cool kids~
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Urban Hermitage
Discovering Instacart might change my life.
These modern services enable my dwindling desire to engage with the outside world.IN JANUARY. IN MINNESOTA.
And why should I leave my house when Millie the Dog is learning to speak Human?
If only the shop were actually connected to my house.
Just look at that commute! Ridiculous.Or… inspiring? It must be inspiring because I made this.
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Post-Epiphany -OR- Crime Solving By Proxy
January has already been SO busy. I don’t know about Jen, butI’vehad to take a really active role as a listener/watcher.
First this:(Sherlock!)
And then this:(Serial Podcast: season 2!)
And now THIS?? (Making A Murderer, brought to you by the good folks at NetflixandMen’s Wearhouse!)
It’s a lot to keep track of…I’m taking notes if anyone needs them.
Don’t ask me how (DON’T ASK ME), but I was able to squeeze in one card:
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Sort of an Epiphany
I’m pretty sure it was our Jewish neighbor (andnotSanta Claus) who put our presentsunder the tree when we were at Midnight Mass.
Igot a globe.
But Ibarelyremember that! Ibarelyremember cryingand sulking in my bedroom! Because this was theLord’s day,not mine!Merry Christmastime, everyone!
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All The Attention
If only they would stop their playing and look over at me… Why is MY friend even playing with my stupid brother???… Maybe if Iwave my arms and jump higher on this strangely super-tall bed in our basement… No, that didn’t work… Hold on… I’ll just climb down and drag over that chalkboard to lay flat on the floor because it looks more like water than the off-brown linoleum… Perfect… Now, I’ll roll over the large black, rubber inner-tube we float on at the lake… Just plop it right on top of the chalkboard… Looking good… Ok… NOW, I’ll climb back up on the bed and jump some more…
“LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!”
Ihystericallyscream, while diving face-first into the center of theinner-tube.
So much blood. So many tears. And my friend was sent home??? WHY MOM, WHY?!
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GULP! We Are In The Washington Post??
Feelingprettyfancy over herebecauseThe Washington Postpicked up theReligion News Service article! (Is that how it works?? See? TOO fancy for me!)
But, obviously, not as fancy as Dinah.
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