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Summerhill

July 09, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Wisdom

Our family home is literally reduced to rubble. None of us have lived in it for a number of decades but the knowledge that the place is no longer standing saddens me deeply.

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The English Patient

July 09, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Whatever

He began to rub green-black paste onto the rib cage. It was ground peacock bone bartered for in a medina to the west or the south—the most potent healer of skin…

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July 09, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
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Everything I Miss About You (A Snapshot)

June 26, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Wisdom

I think about you all the time. Some days it’s with laughter. Other days I’m a mess of mucus and tears.

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June 26, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
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Fear and Boredom on the Continental Divide Trail

June 18, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Wisdom

I love a hike. The best part about living in Colorado are the glorious mountains to the west. Just don’t expect me to camp out on my own in them.

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June 18, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
Wisdom

Oh Jesus, Chris Hardwick Too..?!

June 18, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Whine

Just when you thought it was safe to come out from under the bed.

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June 18, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
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Grenfell & Grief

June 08, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Wisdom

This year has been gut wrenching in many ways. Julia’s death tops off a sustained period of anguish that was unforeseen at the beginning of 2017.

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June 08, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
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Peonies

May 27, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Whatever

The flower that keeps on giving.

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May 27, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
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Velvet

April 14, 2018 by Alexa Thomson in Wear

Velvet is shaping up to be my material of choice for 2018. I love its sensuous, slippery, slinky, slubby style. And that's quite enough alliteration for this week. 

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April 14, 2018 /Alexa Thomson
Wear
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