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the maya report, continuing civil war and unrest, cloudy with an excellent chance of tears

On May 15, 2012 · 1 Comment · In adventures, mayalife, writing

For Mother’s Day we went on a whirlwind tour of the Mothers of Eastern North Carolina this weekend, the kids and I, and saw my mother, my sister, who is a mother, my grandmother, and my aunt, also a mother, all motherly influences on me and my kids.  Add myself to the mix and that’s [...]

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i love small adventures

On April 29, 2012 · 5 Comments · In adventures

Look what we did yesterday!

We went on a hot air balloon ride!  How cool is THAT?  It was just a little ride, tethered, but still, really fun.  And free!  Even better.

We got there early and got to see them fill the balloon, which was surprisingly fast. They [...]

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the bears didn’t get me

On April 3, 2012 · 2 Comments · In adventures

Camping was a massive whirlwind of non-stop action followed by total collapse.  We went to the North Carolina mountains with four other families, all with lovely home-schooled kids that Sophie and Luc adore, and all who spent the two days of the trip is a state of vibrating mania and exploding happiness that just barely [...]

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whales and dinosaurs and humans, oh my!

On February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In adventures

We made the trek to the NC Museum of Natural History and holy crap, they’ve got a lot of BIG CRITTER BONES!  Here is Sophie in her red sweater and Paul in his hat (Luc is hidden a bit behind) as we walk into the beach/ocean display, but all I could say was OMG LOOK [...]

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going home when it isn’t home anymore

On December 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In adventures, mayalife

We went to my grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving, over the river and through the woods—we used to sing that song when I was a kid and we were making the trip to her place.  It’s the small town my father and two aunts grew up in, birth to high-velocity escape post high school.  None of [...]

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carroll lassiter’s beautiful landscapes

On November 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In adventures, making things

My aunt, Carroll Lassiter, is a wonderful painter.  For the last few years she has been focusing on gorgeous landscapes of rural Eastern North Carolina, the kinds of places that feel like my inner homeland, not chosen, but the land I was born into.  She does what is called “Plein Aire” painting, which means “open [...]

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zombies in paris!

On October 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In adventures

Every year our country neighbors do the most amazing, hilarious, shocking Halloween decorations ever, and I swear, every year I think, how can they possible do anything new, they’ve done everything, but they always pull it off, proving that I have a stunning lack of imagination for a fantasy novelist, I mean, for gods sake, [...]

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that sound is me panting

On October 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In adventures, mayalife

[ETA: For some reason wordpress doesn't want to give me any linebreaks in this post.  Is it connected to the run-on life that is the subject of this post?  Probably.] Holy cow, we have been so busy. I just fall into the bed at night, vibrating with the busy-ness. It’s all good, friends, parties, food, [...]

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dog in a tree? how can that be?

On September 13, 2011 · 2 Comments · In adventures

I lost Henry this Sunday. We went for our usual walk, but at the big creek (which is just a dried up puddle right now) we ran into BAM Karen the Heron WOW making this amazing and astonishing deep throated noise that sounded a little like a giant tree creaking and grinding as it falls [...]

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late summer forest walk with special guest star appearance

On September 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In adventures, kiddo life

Time for a walk through the forest, brought to you by the semi-annual downloading of pictures from my camera’s ginormous memory card.  These walk photos were taken a couple of weeks ago, a late August summer walk, no goats this time just Sophie and Henry, me and my camera.

I love going back and seeing [...]

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