Tag: family
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Glow, Baby, Glow
aka The Path to the Yellow Brick Road Don’t worry, pixie is still in paradise. The proverbial “paradise” was never necessarily just a place, though that affects my soul deeply as it probably does many people. Some people aren’t as sensitive to their environment; others, like me, are. We are very acutely affected by our…
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Listless
I have a close friend who feels the need to send a group text to me and our third “Musketeer,” informing us of everything she’s doing on certain days. She doesn’t do this every day, but regularly feels the need to share. These aren’t grocery lists or task lists. Rather, it’s a summary of everything…
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Amish Ambulance
The text I sent at 09:13am Wednesday morning to my closest friends just hours after my arrival in Wisconsin for a family visit: “Man down, man down! We just left the house and one of us is wearing a camouflage “Make America Great Again” hat. We’re about to pick up three to four Amish people…
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Angels in the Outfield
I guess if you want to call me a writer, then there were a couple of others in my family as well. My dad – the water witch – who does have a way with words, but has not cultivated that art, had a father and a sister who did. My grandpa and Aunt Edie…
Pixie in Paradise 