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random rumination number 4 - friendsi have an unusual talent, or skill, or gift, or whatever you may want to call it. i am unsure how i might accurately describe this uncanny skill, but this might serve as an accurate illustration: in a crowd of complete strangers, i am more likely to end up knowing more people by the end of the evening than most. ( Read more... )

last saturday, just after it rained, i took pictures of my mom's current passion: her collection of crown of thorns plants. they're low-maintenance plants that thrive in sunlight. i don't pay much attention to them, and even often joke with my mom that they're mostly just leaves with few flowers. but they actually looked very nice right after the ( Read more... )