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Freeform Friday: In the Company of Cats

My entire house, upstairs and down, is covered in a fine, gauzy layer of white cat fur. No matter how often I take measures to clear away this soft mantle of domestic disarray, it remains in place like a persistent fog – collecting in small drifts in corners, settling into couch crannies, and attaching itself [...]

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Freeform Friday: Unexpected small town regrets

There are so many things I haven’t done. When I was much younger, I knew I’d have to get out of my small, home town if I was ever going to experience “real” life. I couldn’t wait to stretch my wings and venture out into the big, wide world. In my mind, visions of New [...]

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Freeform Friday: Of hope and spring and feathered things

They say that scents trigger memories more intensely than any other sensory experience, but I find that sounds are often at least as evocative. There is, for instance, a certain birdcall that transports me instantaneously to other seasons and another time. It is a call with the two long, descending notes. When I hear that [...]

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