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Beanie’s take on the Romantic poets: “I was into childhood before childhood was cool.”
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Have just been informed there are two crane flies in the patio room. Their names are Bert and Arugula.
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My kids have been setting up this game of Catan for so long it’s an entirely new generation of settlers from the ones who left the homeland.
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—writes funny tweet
—nah, that’s 100% snark, doesn’t further convo
—okay, I’ll just send it to Scott instead
—he asks me to marry him again
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Neighbor just rang our bell. Dead crane fly in her hand. “Thought your crew might want a close look!” She gets us.
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Huck: Can I get some short jeans?
Me: Short jeans?
Huck: Yeah, like Rilla is wearing.
Me: Ah yes! Jean shorts!
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One of the sweet kids whose classroom I visited on Thursday wrote a thank-you note to “Melissa Lively.” Wondering if it’s too late to change my pen name.
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Personal aesthetic: buttered toast.
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Beanie: You and Rose think in words. Rilla thinks in pictures. I think in colors and sounds. I’m not sure what Jane thinks in. Me: Elvish runes, probably.
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I completed a downright lyrical grant application for a wetland restoration project in LA County today, but my proudest accomplishment of the day is photoshopping* a pic of Adam Driver dropping a cup of coffee on the ground.
*very poorly
*not actually in Photoshop
*in Powerpoint, all right? Look, I was busy.
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In the car on the way to piano lessons, there’s a heavy sigh from the backseat. Rilla: Sometimes…sometimes I just wish I were a mantis shrimp.
Penelope says:
But …. the shoes!! Must share info about the shoes!!
🙂
On May 1, 2017 at 9:24 am
tee+d says:
Dude. Sometimes, I wish I were a mantis shrimp, too.
Some things just need …punching.
Meanwhile, I SECOND THE COMPLAINT THAT THERE WAS NO SHOE INFORMATION. Quelle adorbs!
On May 1, 2017 at 10:07 am
sarah says:
Lol 🙂
On May 1, 2017 at 10:27 am
Melissa Wiley says:
Ha, this was the consensus on Instagram too. All you angels wanna wear my red shoes… 😉
Dansko! Super comfy! Got ’em on sale last fall.
On May 1, 2017 at 10:35 am
Penelope says:
They really are lovely. (Also, the thinking in elvish).
On May 1, 2017 at 12:14 pm
Susanne Barrett says:
Love the thinking in elvish. I have a child like that, too. Or else he’s thinking in game code!! 😀
On May 2, 2017 at 9:32 am
Melanie Bettinelli says:
To do list: teach Bella elvish, find cute red shoes, copy down all those precious FB posts before they disappear into the ether, google crane flies.
I love Beanie on the Romantic poets.
On May 3, 2017 at 6:16 pm