Monthly Archives: September 2009

Severed Heads

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Meg

Halloween is coming, which means our local grocery store has put out bulk candy and decorated for the holiday. I’d usually focus on the M&Ms, but the severed head hanging over the candy bags got me thinking. It seemed, suddenly, … Continue reading →

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Leaf Subsides To Looseleaf

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Meg

Reading poetry with teenagers can be such a random encounter, sometimes there’s a blank stare and complaints that no one really talks like that, sometimes they vibrate with the shock that someone from a dusty old century ever wrote a … Continue reading →

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Textbook Case

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Meg

Look, another post where I hold up something to which I’ve contributed to in a tiny way! My Craftsman Farms blog and I are mentioned in this business communications textbook! I’m on page 5, so this will be covered early … Continue reading →

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Scenes From Imaginary China

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Meg

I came across this book when I was home in New Jersey cleaning out my old room. (Yeah, my mom said something about how I haven’t lived there in ten years and she’d really like a guest room and that … Continue reading →

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Chana Masala

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Meg

It’s really all Sanchaita’s fault. When I was visiting my sister Bethie, her friend Sanchaita invited us to dinner. She cooked the most amazing chickpea curry — as part of a feast of other amazing dishes, I should add — … Continue reading →

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In Development

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Meg

I’ve been focus testing some new games for Merscom in Chapel Hill… I was a bit nervous going in, but they didn’t seem to hold my recent Create-a-Mall review against me. Merscom is a casual games publisher, I’ve played mostly … Continue reading →

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