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Pocketful of Poetry
It’s been a while since I’ve posted (babbled incoherently for paragraphs on end, because that’s the beauty of the internet), but I’m back! (Obviously). One of the numerous reasons (excuses) I’ve been away is because I’ve been focusing on my poetry. My God, that sounded just as ostentatious as someone telling you they’ve taken time off
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Mixed Messages
Every year, every week, every day, I want to be better. This leads me to read a LOT of blogs, books, and articles about being better, being a more authentic version of yourself, handling your finances better, finally making things happen for yourself, and so on. I read so many things that make sense, so
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What Happens After
Yesterday I could barely manage the strength to get out of bed. Today I feel differently. Something happened after the initial shock that slammed my heart to the ground dissipated, after the screaming grief settled into a more manageable hum beneath my skin, after the tears couldn’t muster falling one more time. Something happened after
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(Brief) Rocky Mountain Reflections
I had every intention of using my trip to Colorado as a clean slate. I assured myself that without the daily obligations of work, commuting, errands, and Netflix, I would have 10 days of extreme productivity in the fields in which I am actually interested. Dreams of breathtaking scenery captured on camera, numerous blog posts,
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Twilight on Tybee
In a couple of minutes my family will do what they haven’t in years. That is, we will cram ourselves in a not-big-enough vehicle and embark on a too-many-hours long road trip somewhere where we will probably be eaten by bears or mountain lions (Colorado, in this case). We haven’t been on an out of
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6 Things that Made My Week
So I have about half a dozen real posts (you know, the kind with actually paragraphs and ponderings [that should really be a word] and such) half-written, but I can’t seem to find the time to finish them lately, so in their stead is another easy picture picture post. Hopefully I have time to get
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8 Things that Made My Week (or last two weeks if you’re being technical)
This is basically the post where you realize I have a shopping problem, in case you didn’t know already. 1. My boyfriend and I went to Stillwater to celebrate our one year anniversary. I think our thought was that we were going to be all fancy. Then we realized we’re 23 and broke and we
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Chasing Exceptional
When you’re a kid, you know you’re going to be an Olympian. And president. And probably fly to Mars too, for good measure. You’re going to be a rock star, a movie star, a race car driver. You’re going to be the absolute best at absolutely everything on earth. And then, somewhere down the line,
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7 Things That Made my Week
Visits to 9 Mile Creek with my dude. In between the sweltering heat and torrential down pouring this week, my boyfriend and I managed to find times to venture out of the AC and into the wilderness. Or as much of the “wilderness” as you can find in Bloomington. We had to use basically an
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Faded with Time
First of all, a very happy birthday to Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling! I spent 7:30-midnight last night volunteering at the Barnes and Noble release party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and it was a blast. But Harry and JK aren’t the only ones who have a birthday today. Today is also the
Let’s Wander.
Babbling Brooks 