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By jodi@oonian.com , 13 March, 2014

Cover of Interiors by Design Interiors by Design[/caption] Back when I was in college, my father asked me more than once what I was going to do with a theatre degree. I'd always say, "I don't know, Dad, but acting is all I want to do." Pop in on me anytime after college, and the chance that you'd find me acting in a production of any kind was pretty slim.

By jodi@oonian.com , 28 October, 2013
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My husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary this year on Aug. 14, although he insists our real anniversary was our first date which was on Oct.
By jodi@oonian.com , 24 September, 2013
4516824_origThere are certain moments in every person's life when they feel as if they have slipped into The Twilight Zone--when reality tilts on its axis just a tad. For me, one such moment happened when I was lured inside The Jockey Store by a SALE sign.
By jodi@oonian.com , 5 September, 2013
Image removed.The cold water beaded up and rolled down the sides of the shiny irrigation pipe making it difficult, but fun, for my brother and I to walk on.
By jodi@oonian.com , 22 August, 2013
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Whoever decorated the house we moved into eight months ago loved mirrors. Two bathrooms boast mirrors that are 3' x 5', with the third, 40" square.
By jodi@oonian.com , 4 February, 2013
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I have a funny, little cat named Scooter, who has gone way beyond what anyone expected of him.When he was born his back legs were bent the wrong way. I took him to the vet, who said it was a birth defect probably caused by breeding too close in the family tree.
By jodi@oonian.com , 5 January, 2013
I am not a snake lover. I did not play with the greenish snake in high school biology (I think his name was Herbie). I have no understanding of them as pets. If there were no more snakes anywhere, I would not cry. Oh, I know they probably have some important value in the whole scheme of the natural world, I'll grant you that, but surely there are some creatures just waiting for their chance to move into their niche if snakes were all of a sudden gone.
By jodi@oonian.com , 29 December, 2012
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The history of my parents' farm includes a period of time when my brother and his family lived there, followed by a period of time when they didn't, and nobody lived there, and the current epoch where they live there again.
By jodi@oonian.com , 3 November, 2012
My brother and I had many cats during our youth, and it all began with a charming couple named Muffin and Blackie. Muffin was grey, and Blackie was, well...black. They were given to us by a friend of Tim's, who also happened to fill his pockets with Tim's nifty kid-type stuff every time he was at our house. His mom would make him bring them back, and he'd always be quite puzzled as to how several swell rocks, plastic dinosaurs, army men, and electric scissors found their way into his backpack.
By jodi@oonian.com , 22 October, 2012
One summer day, Dad stuck an old wooden door up in a cedar tree and made us an instant tree house. It was complete with a comfortable seating arrangement of branches, a front door ladder, and a quick escape back door down a slanted branch.