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That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Eight

In which Emma explains why she isn’t moaning and groaning and shows photos from an awesome week. Continue reading »

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A Sarah Lawrence Graduate Experiences This Football Thing

In which Emma attempts to make some sense of this football thing people are always talking about. Continue reading »

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Brief Updating, Good News, and Emma’s Whereabouts (Or Something Whereabout There)

In which Emma shares some Very Good News and a photograph of her teenage self wearing far too much lipstick. Continue reading »

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Things That Are Disagreeable/Things That Are Agreeable

Were Sei Shonagon alive and writing today, I’d like to think that she might include a passage like the following in her list of “Things That Are Disagreeable” in The Pillow Book: Imagine the person who ends her last week of one job with a car accident, and ends her first week of another job … Continue reading »