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The Brick
I held the diving block, feeling its weight, and tried to imagine treading water using only my legs. It was the first day of the competitive swim class I took in middle school. The final skills test would involve retrieving the diving block—a large, 10-pound brick covered in thick blue rubber—from the deep end of…
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August
August has become my favorite month of the year. The boisterous, humid days of July begin to settle down, but summer is still going strong. The near-end of summer means sunflowers in bloom, twilight falling just a bit earlier, and a well-rehearsed symphony of insects playing while the orange glow of sunset still lingers in…
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My 5 Favorite Things Right Now | June 2023
This is just a fun little post to share some of the little things that make me happy. These aren’t necessarily my only “favorite” things, but they are a few that came to mind quickly. So, in no particular order, here’s a quick little look at things I’m taking time to appreciate today, this week,…
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Thunder and Lightning
My toddler, like most toddlers, has a lot of questions. A lot of the time, I have an answer for him. When he asks why those trees have red dots on them, I can say it’s to let the tree trimming people know which trees need their branches trimmed. When he asks if there are…
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I Started a Blog
I started this blog because the name “Eberblog” came to me in a burst of inspiration and it was just too good to pass up. Okay, there’s more to it than that. I’ve actually been thinking about starting a blog for a little while, and coming up with a title so stupid it’s funny was…
The Eberblog 