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She’s Got Rhythm

I forgot to mention one thing about the birth of Emmy. The staff monitored her heart throughout labor, so the amplified beat provided a steady backdrop to the hours and hours of waiting. It was the one constant as we went from giddy to punchy to exhausted to emotional. Toward the end, as I stood next to Yo-Nenny’s bed, I realized that I was rocking out to the rhythm, tapping my foot and bobbing my […]

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Dar Luz

Back on April 14, Yo-Nenny sent me an email that she was going to name her new baby Whistlepig Allison Redwine. She didn’t. On October 1, 2010 at 11:11 a.m., 20-inch-long and 6-pound-2-ounce-heavy Ember Redwine arrived in our lives. In attendance were her father Jason, her aunt Lulu, and her Mama Ginna. I should not neglect to mention that Yo-Nenny did in fact show up at the birth. Not only that, she is responsible for […]

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Rat-Dog

In México, some night watchmen make their rounds in the daytime. You can hear others at 2:00 am, sounding their presence every few seconds with a deep, flutey whistle. It’s mournful, like a faraway steam engine approaching and fading away. As I understand it, the function of the noise-making is to make sure they get paid: without noise there’s no proof that they were watching at night. I’ve been here long enough that most of […]

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