i’m katie. i ride motorcycles, garden, have dogs, & write shit down (sometimes).
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+7photos · 12 ·turkey run
view all 12 photos →: turkey runI went to visit Stacey in Indianapolis for her birthday, and one highlight of the trip was our day hiking Turkey Run State Park. The trails were full of water, mud, ladders,…
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Widowhood – year 3
read more →: Widowhood – year 3What a fucking year. It seems that July 4 is my new marker for a new year and a new season, so it’s my…
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+70photos · 75 ·Aurora (6/10/10-6/12/26)
view all 75 photos →: Aurora (6/10/10-6/12/26)Ahhh my pretty princess Aurora. Jordan and I adopted her on NYE 2010 when she was about six months old. When we met her,…
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essay ·spain
read more →: spainIn late October 2023 I traveled to Malaga Spain for my annual Division Meetup at work. It was the last thing I’d had planned…
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essay ·krudler
read more →: krudlerA few days after Jordan passed, I adopted a new dog. I needed new energy in the house, and a reason to get out…
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books on grief
read more →: books on griefI’ve been tearing through books on mourning, grief, death, and surrounding topics. Since I’ve been reading so many (and quickly), I thought it might…
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+28photos · 33 ·rip bruiser 2007-2023
view all 33 photos →: rip bruiser 2007-2023We said goodbye to Bruiser, our nearly-sixteen-year old Australian Cattle Dog this last Thursday. He was our first dog, and king of the side-eye.…
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a summary of current events
read more →: a summary of current eventsMy husband, Jordan, has brain cancer. He’s had it for a while—at least a decade—but this time it’s not fucking around. We found the…
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essay ·road trippin part 1
read more →: road trippin part 1Jordan and I hit the road for 10ish days last month on the bikes and had just…the loveliest time. Truly an opportunity to live…
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video ·chickens
watch →: chickensWe finally did it – we got chicks! We picked up the little ladies from our neighborhood nursery – City Farmers. They had three…
