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Thanksgiving fun times!

A table covered in good eats with lit candles

This year my sister invited us to spend Thanksgiving with her and her husband and daughter at their home in Ohio. We accepted and made the 9 hour trip up and back. It’s the first time I’d ever gone to a relative’s for a holiday, and it was loads of fun to see them again!

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Vacation with the ducks

Birds will bite

My husband and I went on a fabulous vacation to a bird park! We were attacked by pigeons, courted by currasows, and followed by a wary turkey. Indeed, it was a fantastic adventure!

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Uncle Chuck

My Uncle Chuck, sitting in my chair

My Uncle Chuck died of cancer. He was probably the only male role model I had growing up, what little I saw of him before he retired. His death reminds me that it’s important to reconnect with the people you love before they disappear.

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Mystical pregnancy in science fiction and fantasy.

The “mystical pregnancy” of scifi/fantasy genres can be viewed as “torture porn,” especially when you consider how often and how similarly it’s portrayed: woman’s body is used to create horrible abominations. Woman gets over trauma and skips off to have Further Adventures. WTF?

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