Tag: holidays
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Saint Pat’s Day rewind
So, four years ago J and I were in Ireland for Saint Patrick’s Day. It is a religious holiday. And then at noon, they party. It reminds me somewhat of Mardi Gras, in that all the little towns and villages and things have their own parades the weekend before the day itself, with all of […]
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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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Welcome to 2012
Happy New Year! ^_^ I’m sitting up, waiting for a phone call. I had one earlier, but thanks to time zones, we missed midnight. This isn’t the first time J and I have done two-stage new year’s calls, though, and I doubt it will be the last. The rumble of the fireworks is less intense […]
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Mystery Tour: Pearl Harbor Holiday Lights
So, this afternoon I fell asleep as my Tar Heels clobbered another basketball team. I think I passed out a little after three, but I’m not entirely certain… At any rate, I woke up at five when my friend called me. We had an entire conversation where she invited me to go somewhere. I agreed– […]
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Sojourn
sojourn (n.) a brief period of residence; (v.) to live somewhere temporarily I spent November outside of Hawaii. I meant to blog about it as soon as I got back, but life can be a whirlwind (plus I’m still enjoying as much of my on-vacation-laid-back attitude as much as possible) and I haven’t gotten to […]
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Year 29
Well, my 29th birthday has come and gone. It’s been a lovely weekend (week, really) of celebrating with friends and enjoying time together. On Wednesday, I was treated to barbeque and macaroni and cornbread (at my request!) for dinner, followed by cupcakes. Friday I had dinner with a couple of friends, then we headed to […]
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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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New Year This’n’That
Happy New Year! I have a few random things to share, but nothing very philosophical, so here goes. First, 1-1-11 is fun to type! I didn’t think about it until this evening, so I guess I’m a little late on that one. But I’m hoping people call it “twenty-eleven” and not “two thousand eleven,” which […]
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Cat Drama
My h0use is full of cat drama today and not a cheezburger in sight. Not only did we find a Santa hat to put on Caspian and Leena, but we’ve had an interloper! After a trip to our vet, we’ve determined that he doesn’t have a microchip so I don’t know who the owner is, […]
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Double Feature Date Night
Sometimes when J and I have several movies that we want to see, we have what we call a Double Feature Date Night: we get to the theater and check out movie times, then pick the movie we want to see first. When the first movie’s over, we walk out of the theater, buy tickets […]
Joanna Volavka 