Tag: baby
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In which we leave Shadow Lake
I swore up and down that I would never end up here. Yet, somehow, at the age of 32, I have become a resident in the land of my foremothers… Texas. What’s wrong with Texas, you say, that I swore I would never live there? Mostly just that it was where my mother and grandmother…
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Transported by song
As I drove home from visiting a friend, the fragrance of cumin and Indian spices clinging to my skin, my belly full, but my mind somewhat distracted, “July” by Lily Williams began to play on my car stereo. And suddenly, I was transported to the first time I had heard her sweet, gentle voice. I…
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In which I reflect on 2024
Happy New Year. It’s another foggy night here in Shadow Lake, but people are still launching fireworks anyway. It’s been a week of foggy nights, cloudy days, and the occasional sunny day. We have had a few warm days, pushing into the 50s, but tonight, we settle back into frigid lows, with a potential for…
Little Home on Shadow Lake 