Category: joanna irl
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A week in the life…
I’ve been taking random snapshots of things that happen to me that are not important whatsoever but that kind of capture a bit of what’s happening. Since I haven’t had much to write about lately, I offer you these: This was a week ago: the meerkats got a snack. It was cute. I photographed it.…
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Shabu shabu
One of the fun things about living in Hawaii is that it’s somewhat like living in an Asian country… but not. I get to experience a lot of things that are new because of this, including mochi ice cream and gyotaku and the like. Today I learned a new word, though– shabu shabu. Shabu shabu…
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Philippines Video
Here’s the video made for our trip. I hope you like it! (Also, I make a voice cameo….hehe)
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roygbiv
Lately we’ve had a lot of very vivid rainbows. I think it’s the time of year and the angle at which the sun hits the horizon and the fact that we’re creeping into rainy season so the afternoons and evenings are starting to be drizzly. Here are a couple from the last week or so.…
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Revisiting Childhood: The Lion King
Tonight I went to see the Lion King in 3D and I have to admit that I got chills when the sun first popped into view and the music started. It’s a great piece of music for one, but also because it was fun to see something that I remember seeing in theaters. In fact,…
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. — Laurence Binyon, “Ode of Remembrance”
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Candy Corn Confessional
There are a lot of things from childhood (and even from early adulthood) about which I feel a certain nostalgia. These things range from the $.05 candies (always “tutti frutti”) at the corner store in Edisto when I was 6 to being in Chapel Hill for Halloween during college. In both of these cases, as…
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Things that make me happy
Playing string with kitties, especially MY kitties. Getting emails sent straight to my phone. Finally. Hot chocolate and a soft blanket and a nice book. Flowers. Music by Chameleon Circuit. The color green. Living near the beach. Camping. The idea of camping on the beach, while I’ve never done it, sounds like something that would…
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Almost Autumn
It’s the end of August. Kids from kindergarten to college are back in school, traffic is thick on the streets, and the mugginess is enough to stop you in your tracks. It’s the end of summer, and then end of the dry season, and the end of the tourists (at least to a small degree).…
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Philippines: Looking Back
Today was the day the youth presented their experiences from the mission trips to the “stockholders” that invested in the trips. Without support, most of us couldn’t have gone. There were some good stories told by the kids, and a couple of great videos of our time there (I’m trying to get copies for you)…
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