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Trick-or-treating for the first time

Carving pumpkins on the kitchen floor, then bringing them in the red wagon to light the drive. Take-out-Thai for dinner and then a flurry of costume snaps. A baby skunk, fur fluffy on his belly, and turquoise Crocs to walk the dirt road stretching between our house and the neighbor’s. We held his hands, one [...]

Pumpkin carving

Anticipation angst

This morning called for errands in town. Warm cinnamon buns from the last farmer’s market of the season, and people watching in the rain. Returning home for a much needed two hour nap among soft white flannel sheets (with the cat at my feet) and then an afternoon cleaning in that wholesome, down to the [...]

Mommy stone

“Where is my mommy stone?” He asks, upper lip quivering. It is bed time. I’ve come to say good night. Then he says, “I love you and I missed you.” He says this often, the latter almost automatically following the former; but it’s also something that must reflect the hunger his little self feels for [...]

synchopation

I have the day off and I’m gleefully miring my way through an inconceivably long to-do list. I have yet to figure out how to accomplish my every day life and everything else that needs to get done. The biggest thing I’ve accomplished: completely reorganizing and painting my studio. Last year sometime, in the middle [...]

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  • I am Christina Rosalie

    Hello. I'm so happy you've stopped by!

    I am a multimedia storyteller, digital strategist, idea starter, stalker of wonder, finder of four leaf clovers, MFA graduate student, and mama of boys. My first book,

    will be published by SKIRT! Books in September, 2012.

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