Category: joanna irl
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Caspian’s glove phobia
(This will be short because I’m exhausted but wanted to write something for today.) Caspian has a phobia of (among other things) gardening gloves. I store my gloves in a box under the desk (which makes sense because the desk is by the porch door and this way they’re handy for doing gardening but won’t…
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The Saga of the Giant Roach
Once upon a late night yon as I turned off all the lights my eyes happened to stumble on a thing which gave me a small fright. There upon my counter top I spied a monstrous insect, brown and black, antennae wave atop as it scurried all around. I froze for just an instant as…
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On Math Class
I’m not a math person. You can probably tell that from reading most of this blog, but I think my frustration with math was largely due to a lack of life application that I could really see. Why do I need to solve this formula? What is the purpose? What is so interesting about it…
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Random thoughts on a Wednesday night
I like manatees. I also like lots of other animals. In fact, I’ve noticed that whatever animal I’m observing at a given moment could possibly be my “favorite.” But if I had to pick… big cats are awesome. Tigers. Lions. Snow leopards, even though they aren’t technically big cats. Y’know, those. I like scary movies…
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Little things in life: pans
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make the day better. Sometimes it’s a note from a friend reminding you that she’s thinking of you. Sometimes it’s a kitty snuggling into your lap while you’re trying to pay bills or do something else just as unpleasant. Sometimes it’s finding an old photo you’d forgotten…
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Small Redecoration
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent the day Friday getting small things to redecorate a couple of spots in my house. There are always a few things that I don’t feel quite work and so I end up tweaking things here and there and it drives my husband a LITTLE crazy (especially when I get…
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It’s Friday, Friday…
This is the first “I don’t have anything to write” entry of August. You lucky reader, you. I spent the day running errands, though I did find some stuff I wanted to kind of redecorate the bathroom. I would’ve taken a picture, but I didn’t think about it until now. And now I’m tired. I’m…
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Lizard Sandwich (or, Only in Hawaii)
Last night I got distracted by this and that, as I sometimes do, and I didn’t eat supper until 9:30pm or so. I wanted something easy but also a “comfort food” so I made a toasted peanut butter sandwich. My method is usually to make the sandwich and then toast it, but last night I…
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Thinking — come back home
” … But sometimes when the springtime comes, And the sifting moonlight falls — They’ll think again of this night here And of these old brown walls, Of white old well, and of old South With bell’s deep booming tone, They’ll think again of Chapel Hill and — Thinking — come back home.” Thomas Wolfe,…
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Mochi to end the day
I had a really nice day today with a friend and her sister who is in town visiting; we went to the aquarium and to dinner and watched the sun set over Waikiki harbor, and then headed home… with a detour to visit Bubbies, which was listed today on a travel site I saw as…
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