Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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“It’s like she never left.”

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Jen Deaderick
May 12, 2024
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Painting by Charlotte Gibbs

I dreamt last night that I was in a supermarket and kept running into men from my past. They all said, “wow, you look amazing!” and I was like, “I know, right!”

So that was a good start to Mother’s Day.

The kid is up from NYC for the weekend. She was walking in a fashion show at Mass Art yesterday. Today she bought me coffee and…

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