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tea & girlfriends ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
In the kitchen, ginger scones remain on tray. A triple layered server still holds peppermint bark and chocolate biscuits. Various leftovers decorate the dining table. It’s the night after the annual Girlfriends Holiday Tea. I started this years ago — I don’t even remember how many. It’s what I do instead of presents: make three…
day 19 of a month of Thanksgiving: old friends ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today I’m grateful for old friends. Perhaps because I moved so much as a child and a young adult, I have very few friends from my adolescence. And none, really, from my childhood. No one who knew me in elementary or middle school, for instance. Only a few who knew me in my 20s. So…
tea and blondes: a story of hanging out ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I’m visiting my best friend — my ‘bff,’ as my students say. So far, we’ve crammed weeks of being together doing what we love into the six days we’ve had together. We’ve gone to pick up berries (blue, black- and rasp-, not to mention Oregon kotatas). We’ve had tea, Tillamook ice cream, and tonight is…
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