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Half-Century Checkup

by The Kat on July 11, 2009

My birthday was this week. I turned 50. Damn. I feel like I’m 5-years-old, most of the time, and usually act like it. Maturity shmaturity.
How can I act grown up when my grandmother, who is 88, still tells me to be good and sends me birthday cards with checks in them? [...]

Excerpts from Previous Posts

I love the rain. I love the sound of it, especially as I’m waking up or going to sleep. It’s a primal womb sensation. Sometimes, I’ll awaken in the middle of the night and just lie there, listening to it, like a 5-year-old who is afraid he might miss something if he’s lulled back to dreamland.
The Kat
Rainy Day People