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Two Weeks in the Life: January 18, 2021

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Lindsey / 0 Comment

When I was thinking about what I wanted to write this weekend, I had some ideas about novelty and how the pandemic has made novelty a difficult proposition. Of ...

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A Week in the Life: November 1, 2020

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Lindsey

Happy Halloween and happy Día de los Muertos! We didn’t do much for Halloween, what with the ongoing pandemic, but we did leave out some candy for any tri...

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Two Weeks in the Life: October 24, 2020

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Lindsey

I voted yesterday! It felt really good to finally turn in my ballot after spending a lot of time researching the issues and writing my voter guides. Speaking of...

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A Week in the Life: September 20, 2020

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Lindsey

Yesterday evening I discovered that our pantry was overrun by ants. I pulled out a fairly sticky bottle of honey only to discover that it was covered in them—ju...

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A Week in the Life: September 13, 2020

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Lindsey

Greetings from the apocalypse. The whole western United States is on fire or shrouded in smoke, so this blog is live from the end times. I’m kicking mysel...

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A Week in the Life: September 6, 2020

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Lindsey

In a surprising twist, I am writing this just about a week after my last post. Will this mark the return of weekly blogging? I’m not counting on it, but i...

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Some Amount of Time in the Life: August 28, 2020

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Lindsey

I have spent the last few weeks with an eye on the weather and the fire map. First we had extreme heat, then dry lightning storms. Now, as Californians already ...

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Some Amount of Time in the Life: August 16, 2020

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Lindsey

This year’s onslaught of things that can kill us rages on. It’s 92 degrees at the time of this writing: 9:30 a.m (note: now that I’ve finished...

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Some Amount of Time in the Life: July 10, 2020

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Lindsey

It’s been a little difficult to convince myself to write lately because it doesn’t feel like I’ve done anything noteworthy. Days are running t...

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A Week in the Life: April 18, 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Lindsey

Life is so weird right now. If you don’t pay attention, it can almost seem like things are totally normal. Like I just happened to have bunch of days in a...

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