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I was at my cousin Heather's yesterday for dinner, watched her baby-at-the-play video (v. cute), and ran around in the yard with Tess, who was naked. (Extra clarification: I was not naked. Tess being naked is not newsworthy most of the time, so I don't usually mention it.) Yesterday, though, in the late-afternoon sunlight, Tess was golden and the fallen walnut leaves were golden and everything was gold and brown and the whole thing looked like a damn Hallmark card, for values of Hallmark card that include a naked baby cuddling black walnuts and running from tree to tree like a slightly chunky nymph. It was like that dipshit Kincade was handling the lighting, for real.

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