Tag: childhood
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Throwback Thursday: Kindergarten, or everything I need to know…
This week’s Throwback takes us to 1988 (or possibly early 1989) when I was in Kindergarten and my sister was still half my height. She’s a bit taller now. Anyway, I chose this photo for a similar reason to the living room photo. It’s just a candid of us doing something (I’m not even really […]
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Throwback Thursday: a day at the beach in 1984
This photo is from June, 1984. Thanks, handy Sharpie marking at the top! While I don’t have any specific memories from this particular photo, I would like to point out my mom’s adorable blue bathing suit (which looks like some current styles I’ve seen, actually) and my dad’s short-shorts as proof that this is absolutely […]
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Throwback Thursday: a slice of life in 1985
This week’s photo isn’t the best in terms of composition (you can’t even see my face), but I love that it gives you a glimpse into my two-year-old life, and triggered a lot of fun memories for me. I remember that carpet, and that the house got flooded and it had to be dried with […]
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BEDA Day 1: Throwback Thursday
Well, it’s August 1st, and I’m going to try something a little different. There are going to be THEMES for different days of the week. Think you can handle it? Thursday is going to be Throwback Thursday (you’re welcome, Internet) and you’ll get whatever old photos (and maybe associated memories) I can dig up. This […]
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Another evening in Old Town, San Diego
Since I was running low on tea, J and I headed to the coffee and tea shop in Old Town this afternoon. I found some other random things while we were there, including a small tin shop with these gorgeous tin stars. They remind me of Moravian stars from back home in North Carolina, and […]
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Thoughts on Jurassic Park, 3D.
Last night I saw Jurassic Park in 3D. The interesting thing (to me) about this movie is that I remember when it came out in theaters, but I never went to see it. Maybe because I wasn’t quite 11 and the movie was PG-13 (though, seeing it now, it’s a very tame PG-13 compared to current […]
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Dire Wolves and Saber Cats! (La Brea Tar Pits)
Ever since I was old enough to understand what they were, I’ve been fascinated by prehistoric animals. When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a piano-playing-astronaut who was a paleontologist when I wasn’t in outer space. Seriously. (And what happened with that? You’d think I’d have gone all sciencey, but instead I went all artsy. […]
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Easter Monday
I missed my post yesterday because of the holiday. And today’s will be brief. Easter was nice. There was extra music at church and I went to a pot luck with an egg hunt, which was fun. The Easter bunny doesn’t seem to be a big thing here, though, which is a little weird for […]
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Revisiting Childhood: The Valentine Ritual
Just a little memory I had tonight… When I was little, my grandparents came to visit us quite often. Thinking back on it, they were probably at our home every other month. It certainly felt like that, anyway. Because of this, they would always come visit for Christmas, and then be back sometime around February. […]
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The Hobbit: Reactions to the new trailer
If you haven’t heard yet, the NEW HOBBIT TRAILER has just been released. Haven’t seen it yet? Go. Watch it here. I’ll wait. ……. Done? Good. Okay, my initial reaction was just plain excitement. Now please bear with me while I give you some background. It’s been ten years since Fellowship of the Ring was […]
Joanna Volavka 