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1000 Words of Summer, Day 14
Below are the words I've written for day 14 of 1000 Words of Summer. 6-11 We cheerfully ate the rest of our dinner as a couple on a couples' / vegan / yoga retreat should. My plan was working. I was soaking up all the good vegan karma, and Larry was tasting the delicious vegan food. I could already feel my soul being enriched. We even held hands on our walk back to our room. And I didn't even feel chilly. The barbeque tofu spice was heating me from the inside. I'd have to mak
1000 Words of Summer, Days 7 - 13
Below are the words I've written for days 7 - 13 of 1000 Words of Summer. 6-4 I spent yesterday evening curled up on the back deck swing with a blanket. Larry tended the grill while I stared into the dark forest at the edge of our yard. The cheepers and peepers were in full force. And somewhere in that forest, Blinky's body lay rotting. Ugh. Why does my mind go there? Why can't I just remember Blinky as a living mouse? Those memories I have to manually call up. I've had a lot
1000 Words of Summer, Days 1 - 6
Below are the words I've written so far for 1000 Words of Summer: 5-29 "Is there something in the fridge, trying to get out?" I turned my head around and peered into the dark kitchen. Thump... thump... thump. The noise continued. "Probably not," I said. "Unless it's one of your bloody animal parts." "Ha. Good one," Larry said. The thump persisted. I clicked the mute on the remote. "Is it coming from outside the window?" Larry listened to the thump for a few beats, stood up,
