The Birds and the Bees

I just received the best text of my life from my sister, Jana:My niece, Camber: Do you think that Amy will have a Koreanish baby? Jana: Yep, it will be half Amy and half Warren. Camber: What?! How does the baby even know about Warren?! Jana, to me: Time for the birds and the bees talk...Jana is also the mother of twin boys who once told Warren and me that they would "really love to have a new cousin" (hint, hint) because "we could...

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Gulf Coast (and a Teensy Giveaway)

So this is kind of belated, but still awesome: I have an essay out in the current issue of Gulf Coast. It's called "Convergences" and it's all about Virginia Woolf, that flock of birds that fell dead out of the sky a few New Year's Eve's ago, and other such stuff! To tell you truth, like most of my writing, it's pretty dark/heavy. For instance, the first sentence reads as follows:"I did not see the woman jump, nor did I see her fall, but I can somehow...

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Not For the Faint of Heart

Well, we finally jumped on the bandwagon and created our 101 Things to Do in 1001 Days list (it’s basically a bucket list with a 2.5 years deadline). I got so excited about list-making that I threw in my 30 Before 30 (noted with asterisks). Yes, a list within a list. I just went all Inception on you. Minds = blown, am I right? Anyway, the list is long and winding but I think we were both realistic and specific in our challenges. Though I highly doubt that anyone will make it through our long list (I’m posting the whole list strictly because...

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Steel City Steals Hearts

Let it be known that we totally owned Memorial Day Weekend. While half of DC stayed in, and the other half went to Duck, Trish (ever the champ) met us in Pittsburgh where we played Tourist to the best of our abilities. We had cameras dangling from our wrists at all times and took about a million photos. (And yes, I finally figured out how to make collages in GIMP, thanks to this very thorough tutorial.) We visited Falling Waters, Frank Lloyd Wright's...

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Precious Moments

Two years ago... Warren and I were wed for forever and ever. I love this photo of us (thanks, Meg Ruth--AKA best photographer ever!) because it totally captures everything that was perfect and lovely about that day. It seems unbelievable that we ever lived without each other. But I'm super glad we found each other because it gives us the perfect excuse to spoil each other rotten with the likes of rocking out at Andrew Bird concerts (that...

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