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Ancient History

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We saw Night at the Museum: Decimation of the Smithsonian. Stop reading here if you think you’d like to see it with shiny, optimistic eyes.

Stuff that happens: Newly resurrected Egyptian hawk-headed warriors meet their match in Abraham Lincoln as a squirrel-riding Roman centurion looks on. Capuchin monkeys hug. Larry is unreal.

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Beatrix Bobs Her Hair

“Beatrix Bobs Her Hair” is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a wild toddler girl named Beatrix whose mother becomes aggravated by persnickety tangles and dried yogurt globules in the young child’s hair. The mom impetuously phones a local childrens’ hair cutting establishment with the warning they’ll be there in 45 minutes, have […]

Redbreast

I found out I was pregnant with Archie a year ago, yesterday.

Around the same time, a mother robin built a ludicrously-located nest in our backyard and laid dainty blue eggs inside.

Four.

I was only two months removed from my fourth miscarriage. I visited those eggs daily, quietly tiptoeing through the […]