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Jan.26.2013
“Mommy! Mommy! Why is that man wearing a dress?” The little boy was tugging urgently at his mother’s sleeve, his voice scandalized. We were standing in the check out line at Costco. My mother, Mary, had recently gotten a crew cut and died her hair copper penny-orange. Her hair would cycle...
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Oct.13.2012
When I got Athena’s enrollment confirmation from the Seattle School District, I also got a note saying that Athena would be able to take the bus to school. I was far more excited about this than Athena was, having spent my elementary school years pining for a bus commute of my own. I decided...
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Oct.05.2012
Occasionally, Athena throws an incredible fit. There are any number of factors that go into determining when and where these miniature firestorms of temper will take place: food consumed, clothes in the closet, grocery shopping, the list goes on. As she has gotten older, the storms have...
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About Trillian
Trillian Turner has survived cafeteria food in Jacksonville, Alabama; Port Towsend, Washington; Interlochen, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia; Kiev, Ukraine; Newberg, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Shenzhen, China. She has studied music, graphic design, and...