Category: Stories
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Summer Magic
It’s almost 9 pm, and the sun is setting over the coast range, bathing the world in pinkish-gold light. The heat of the day dispels rapidly, and I shiver in the sudden cold breeze as I bike home from work, past my neighbors’ orchards, the fields I haven’t combined yet, and my cousins’ trucking business.…
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Never Such Devoted Sisters
Nothing makes you feel settled in a new place like having someone come visit you. I see everyone in my family at least once a year, but we’re rarely all together at once, and Amy and Jenny are the hardest to get in the same room. Amy teaches in Thailand and Jenny teaches in Virginia,…
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My Book Reading, and Other Events From My Week
Every week at work I’m required to submit a “weekly report,” in which I list my “weekly high,” “weekly low,” and “anything else you’d like to add.” I often use this space to write funny stories from my week or random interesting facts I’ve discovered lately. I’ve thought before that this could be an interesting…
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Five Short Stories of Life in Chattanooga
The Mysterious Package My mother loves to send packages. If I ask her to send me something small I forgot at home, a hefty flat-rate envelope stuffed with goodies will arrive at my doorstep. One such package arrived at my new home a few weeks after I arrived. Eagerly, I ripped it open. But what…
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I Moved Again (November 2024 Life Update)
Hello hello, dear blog readers. It’s a crisp, cool, sunny day in Chattanooga, TN, and I’m here to tell you that yes, I moved again. Probably not for the last time, but hopefully for the almost-last time. In the last few years, I’ve grown weary of explaining my life to people, which is why I’ve…
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Dolly + Zeb
Saturday morning I got up, leisurely sipped my tea, and then finished making a pasta salad and a goofy-but-cute card. It was a typical Oregon April day, chilly and drizzly, and it was the day of Dolly and Zeb’s wedding. Well, their reception, rather. They like to do things their own unique way, so only…
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The Eclipse 2024
It’s hard to describe just how much the 2024 eclipse mattered to me. Seeing the 2017 eclipse was one of the top highlights of my life. Maybe even the best moment of my entire life. Not just the uncanny, indescribable, mind-bending beauty of the eclipse itself but the whole day—from camping with my cousins to…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 