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I am visiting my family on Lake Pend o’Reille in Idaho. I am about to enter the Literature program at UCSC and am reading my first homework, “The Sorrows Of Young Werther.” Quite possibly the most depressing book I’ve ever read.
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In 5th grade I bring this photo to school for a project. My teacher gushes, “look at that chubby baby.” I am mortified.
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I put on my first pair of bifocals.
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I am living in Santa Cruz, California and knitting wool hats and scarves.
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I am a nanny in Menlo Park, CA for a high-powered lawyer and I live in an incredible house. I am finishing up a roll of film and decide to take a self portrait with the last shot on the roll.
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I begin the last year of my thirties.
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I am on Cannon Beach digging clams.
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I am living in Spokane, Washington, standing in the yard of the house we just purchased.
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I am in a Hotel room in Newport wasting time with a Holga by taking a selfie while waiting for my husband to finish his run.
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