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It's not seamless, and it's not supposed to be. In The Wanting Was a Wilderness, Alden Jones exposes the frayed edges a writer must contend with when gathering the pieces of her story, and then offers a pattern for assembling them into a narrative.
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Project Objectives: Remodel your kitchen, while avoiding exposure to COVID-19 and Trump-talk. Project Tasks: New Cabinets, painted in Sherwin Williams Pewter Green Yes, painted cabinets. Yes, they scuff more easily, and yes, the finish might not last as long. But it will add at least a week to your project timeline, ensuring a kitchen-less, impossible-to-host Thanksgiving.
First Circle: Limbo The sun glimmers on the large box filled with portable basketball hoop guts, and my husband tells me, "We can probably bang this out in 45 minutes." I attempt to find the tools needed for assembly. This takes 45 minutes.
Property Brother: We've called this Zoom meeting to talk about the changing climate of interior design in light of the recent pandemic. We need to create a unified front to provide solutions for our HGTV audience. Other Property Brother: We're fucked.
You're a childless, married lady in her early thirties and you've decided not to drink tonight. Maybe it's a lifestyle choice, a personal decision, or you're just nursing a hangover from the night before and need a night off the sauce.
W HEREAS, Section 67 of the Bathroom Bylaws of the Association of Women Working On the Second Floor ("Association") assigns the Board of Directors ("Board") all powers and duties necessary for the administration of Bathroom Affairs ("Affairs") for the Association and states that the Board may do all such acts