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• Sally, school

  Dear Sally, Grandma thinks you’re autistic and she can’t stop talking about it

  07.21.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  {Back to HELP WANTED.} Sometimes I think about homeschooling. This thinking usually peaks around May and plummets in July. The timing is handy, making me look forward to both summer vacation and to school starting again. And even though I know it’s a cycle, I can’t avoid it because let’s face it: two universal truths [...]

• summer

  Ah, Summer: Girls with Guns, Excessive Wearing of Sunglasses, Booze

  06.11.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I know a lot of you are experiencing hot, violent weather. Here in the Olympic Peninsula of Utah, we’ve got snow on the mountains and just enough sun to cast a shadow. This wet, green early summer reminds me of the last time we were not in a drought by June 1st. That would be [...]