Category Archives: The outside world

At least Orm tried-

Posted on April 9, 2010 by K

I remember a spelling test.  It was third grade I think.  And we used that heavy, yellowish, horizontal lined paper with all the helpful dotted bits to keep your letters straight.  The teacher read out each word v-e-r-y clearly, with … Continue reading →

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~=DP: Part Three=~

Posted on February 13, 2010 by K

Part Three: What did you discover?? Found art is just that: an unplanned, unorchestrated, un-created thing that you simply stumble over one day.  You’re strolling along the street, hands in your pockets, whistling – and suddenly, your eye is taken … Continue reading →

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Viva la

Posted on January 22, 2010 by K

And here’s another odd thing.  We watched the Polar Express this Christmas, a film I find both off-putting and oddly likeable.  The animation puzzles me—and my response to it is pretty well summed up by what I just said about … Continue reading →

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Ahhh-balance~

Posted on January 20, 2010 by K

May I say how excited I am with the results of the election in Massachusetts yesterday? Sort of. Happiness: I find it terribly disturbing when any one group in a government that is supposed to be answerable to the people … Continue reading →

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A bit of a braid

Posted on December 19, 2009 by K

First of all – is anybody else having problems with the header not popping in, or with comments disappearing? Second:  I believe that I may have lost about an inch or so on my waist, just high stepping it over … Continue reading →

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Interlude – or where your steak comes from

Posted on December 16, 2009 by K

First thing in the morning: let the tide of puppies out of their crate.  Allow yourself to be carried along with the rolling surge: down the hall to tumble down the stairs, finally pooling – whirling around and around at … Continue reading →

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First Snow and Other Moments

Posted on December 8, 2009 by K

~Don’t miss the tiny giveaway at the bottom of this link~ It snowed on Saturday, I think it was.  During the night.  And when the puppies got up at six, as they almost always do, they raced down the stairs … Continue reading →

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Treasure Gathering

Posted on November 6, 2009 by K

One of my more profound failures as a female concerns shopping: I don’t like it.  Put me in a mall and I mostly want to go home.  Especially if it’s pants we’re shopping for.  I tend to  buy my clothes … Continue reading →

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Animal Husbandry

Posted on November 1, 2009 by K

There are times, as you go around owning animals, when you end up with a sick horse. This is a sick horse.  Jedda is recovering here from “pigeon fever,” named not because you get it from pigeons but because when you … Continue reading →

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Lake Drive

Posted on October 29, 2009 by K

            When I first started writing the essays I used to send out to friends and fam through email, what I was sending was a sort of one sided conversation.  Before that, I was writing personal … Continue reading →

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