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Sometimes I’m Somewhere Else

in Uncategorized on 19/02/13

I don’t have a post for you today because I started writing an essay about our pet triops that continually sheds its skin and I wonder if it keeps molting because it is trying to change into something that it can’t change into anymore because it’s a prehistoric something or other and it shouldn’t be alive. I’m also bothered by the fact that I called it “our pet.”  And I was really into writing that topic until the mailman handed me my copy of Martha Stewart Living and I started a new essay on how much I love her calendar at the beginning of the magazine.  Seven pages I wrote on the love I have for that stupid calendar.

So I’m real busy and that’s why I’m going to link up to some other things I wrote this past week in case you want to check them out.

A NYC church called Dwell (I love that name. How could you resist checking out a church called Dwell?) participated in an event called “Don’t Walk By” to help the homeless get off the streets.

A Virginia church fills baby bottles with loose change to make a huge difference.

And here I write about baking, Jesse getting his wisdom teeth pulled, and a few other things.

Now I need to get back to the sadness in shedding skin or the love of a well thought out plan.  It’ll be a rough night, I can tell.

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  1. alison says

    February 19, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    rough nights are made better with bottles of wine… just sayin’

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    • calliefeyen says

      February 23, 2013 at 9:17 am

      I saw those Middle Sister bottles on your post and had to go by the Mischief Maker blend. You want to come over and help me drink it?

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      • alison says

        February 23, 2013 at 3:18 pm

        uh, yeah… how about april 18?

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  2. Anita says

    February 20, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    It sounds like your day involved some spinning of wheels. That usually happens to me after I turn in a big project and there’s nothing looming over my head anymore. But perhaps you still have looming projects?

    Baking once a week is a great idea. I usually bake bread at least once a week. If you haven’t baked bread yet this year, I think you should add it to your list.

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    • calliefeyen says

      February 23, 2013 at 9:16 am

      Anita, not only do I bake bread, but one of the essays that I wrote to get into grad school was about baking bread! I really want to make that ciabatta recipe in the Food 52 book. Have you done that one?

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  3. Grace says

    February 21, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    My IPad won’t let me type the word for your ‘pet’ but it’s still a giant bug.

    Reply
    • calliefeyen says

      February 23, 2013 at 9:15 am

      And you will see it soon.

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Callie. I’m a writer and teacher living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I write Creative Nonfiction, and in my oldest daughter Hadley’s words, I “use my imagination to add a bit of sparkle to the story.” I’m a contributor for Coffee+Crumbs, Off the Page, Makes You Mom, and Relief Journal. My writing has also been featured on Art House America, Tweetspeak Poetry, Good Letters, and Altarwork, and in 2014 I was one of the cast members of the Listen To Your Mother DC show.

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When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth k When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth knock out during a baseball game. I was in the dugout, trying to make a butterfly in the dirt with my shoe. The batter, who’d hit not just a home run, but a grand slam, came running in and everyone cheered and so did I because I’d gotten really good at reading cues for when a good thing happens in sports. I even attempted a high five, and somehow I knocked my face into her batting helmet, thus spending the good part of that weekend summer day in the dentist’s office getting a root canal.

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