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Kudzu Review
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The tomatoes my friend and I planted are thriving. A handful have blossom end rot, but we can take steps to fix that. Our basil and carrots and watermelon and eggplant seem to be doing well, too, but the lettuce and bok choy have succumbed to bugs and the chard, beets, and spinach are going the same way.
I've been writing two letters for BWR. Letters are far more difficult to write when you've been writing emails and submission cover letters. One letter is the editors' letter for the next issue, my first issue writing the letter, and the other letter is a template relating to the issue after that. It creates a weird space, looking forward and behind and forward all at once.
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There's a fresh grave in the cemetery. There must be a job word for the guys who come and dig and set up the coffin. Anyway, they gave me a nod as I drove by the other day, on my way to work at a friend's. I was glad to be out all day–I must have missed a funeral. When I got home, the coffin and hole were replaced by a mound with a little orange flag on a wiry pole.
I've not yet had to drive past a funeral here.
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Today: Challah french toast using themuppetface's and her sister's gorgeous homemade challah, then the on-campus waterpark and of course work.