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Mama, Ph.D.: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic LifeMountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the WorldThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieThe Island: A NovelThe PassageSecret Spaces of Childhood

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Saturday
Nov112006

I prefer not to be carved, thank you

No knives and gut scooping for me. Leave the mess to the others...the orange stringy mess that clings to your elbows (and forehead, when you sweep the hair out of your face). I enjoyed the smell of the others' carving but this was it for me this year.

DateSaturday, November 11, 2006 | tagged | CommentPost a comment...

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