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Remember this? One of my favorite bloggers is finally BACK IN ACTION and offered this insight on the subject. I am fascinated by the things that Clive Thompson so brilliantly writes about – and how weird, really, because I’m kind of an idiot. This remains my favorite of his entries.

The word “sigh” What about the combination of the letters S-I-G-H makes people think of the actual act of sighing? When I sigh, I don’t say “Siiiiiiigh.” I don’t understand. I am perplexed. “Dilemma” vs. “dilemna” A few years ago, my dad asked me how I spelled the word “dilemma.” “D-I-L-E-M-M-A.” He and my mom…

Things I have seen on my porch in the past week: A spider A cicada A cockroach A lizard A possum A possum. A POSSUM. On my front step, I kid you not. I was approaching my door after dark, and there it was, in the glow of the porch light, just sitting there waiting…

Some days, it’s easy to wake up and be excited about life. There are things happening. There’s stuff going on. There is a resolve, and a hope, and an expectation. There is the possibility that this might be the day that changes the rest of your life. But a lot of days feel like today….

After the long weekend, I am back at work. Today is the start date of 3 new employees, which technically should increase my workload by 60%. However, as my mother pointed out, 60% of zero is still zero. I spent yesterday with Meg and Josh recording my latest song, which you can now find on…

On this non-laborious Labor Day, I have known that I am obligated to posting about something that starts with an F. I have been sitting here with the dictionary, furiously flipping folios trying to find a blog-worthy F-word. Fall? Please come soon. Forecast? Hot forever. Felons? Across the street – and old news, anyway. Fedora?…

Last night marked the first of 5 shows at the Bluebird that I am attending in a 2-week span. I saw one of my heroes, Lori McKenna – and among others, she performed this song. The bridge gets me every single time. She has such an economy with words – how can someone write so…

When people ask me what it was that brought me to Nashville – how I got here – the story sounds very bohemian and romantic. I was following a dream, I sold everything that I owned, I lived a nomadic existence for 4 months, I drove all over the country, I landed here without a…

Lunesta: A gigantic glowing moth flies through your open bedroom window and hovers over your face, its gently-beating wings sprinkling sparkly, magical moth-dust and lulling you into a peaceful slumber. “A great tomorrow starts tonight.” Rozerem: During a sleepless night, you wander out to find Abraham Lincoln and a fork-wielding beaver sitting at your kitchen…

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