Month: July 2011
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Sail away, sail away
Sitting on a low-slung sailboat and watching the water fly beneath you, almost close enough to touch, is possibly as close to feeling like a seabird as you can ever get. The salt crusts on your face and the water sprays in your eyes and yet it doesn’t matter because the waves and the sky…
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Giant Waterslide of Winning
You know how sometimes things seem like a good idea at the time and then in execution just don’t work? And then there are times when the idea works so much better than you could have anticipated. On Saturday morning the youth leaders gathered at the church’s driving range (we’re located on a golf course,…
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Cat Toy Fail
You know how kids would rather play with the box containing the new (insert thing here, such as wagon or basketball) than the new thing itself? I’d say it’s almost more true for cats. Expensive cat toys (except for climbing trees) are useless in our house. I’ve tried any number of toys, playforts, tunnels, and…
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Harry Potter Movie Commentary: Deathly Hallows pt 2
Last night I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2, and I think it’s been long enough for me to have processed a few things. My observations are below the “more” cut to contain the spoilers.
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The North Dakota Conspiracy
“The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. Of why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings!” If you have ever been on a road trip with me, or otherwise confined with me for any length of…
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Deployment Curse
I have it. Big time. Other people do, too. It’s an actual military superstition. Well, among military spouses anyway. See this. And this. And this. It’s like Murphy’s Law, except it only goes into effect when your active duty (or reservist) spouse deploys. And it can start in the week before they leave, but usually…
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4th of July Fun with 4 Second Exposures
I don’t know about you, but I had an outstanding 4th of July this year. Yesterday (during the day) I went with some friends on their 4 person catamaran out on Kaneohe Bay and we sailed for about four hours. It was wonderful to be so close to the water, skimming along the surface almost…
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Saving Songbirds
This happened two weeks ago, but I didn’t have time to write about it then, so I will write about it now. Two Friday nights ago I was spending the afternoon with friends who dropped me off at home after having nicely let me carpool with them. I got out of the car and discovered…
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Fog
THE fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. ~Carl Sandburg ———————————– I love this poem. I heard it tonight in a movie I was watching with a friend and it stuck in my head and I had to look it up and…
Joanna Volavka 