Author Archives: Carissa

02
Jul, 2005

harmony makes me happy again

last night i went to singing group–a small group of people from my church who get together periodically to sing hymns. i always mean to go, but something else always seems to come up. this time, it was a potluck, … Continue reading →

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30
Jun, 2005

curb harvesting

it’s really amazing what people throw away. for work, i put out a request to my church e-mail list to see if anyone had a small plastic castle that i could borrow for a program. last night, two friends called … Continue reading →

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29
Jun, 2005

bike guru

last night, i drove a friend and her bicycle home after a workout (she didn’t have her headlight and didn’t want to bike at dusk on busy frontage roads–who could blame her?). I helped her load her bike into my … Continue reading →

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28
Jun, 2005

wildflowers

this morning on the way to work, there were clouds of blue wildflowers hovering on transparent stems about 3 feet off the ground. below them were tiny rolling hills of yellow wildflowers. pretty.

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26
Jun, 2005

harmony makes me happy

today i sang in a quartet at church. the song was a very simple, repetitive song, but it had some rhythm. there is something about singing in close four part voices, especially with only one person per part, that thrills … Continue reading →

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24
Jun, 2005

today’s good things

lunch at a chinese buffet–not the best chinese, but hey, i got an eggroll and lunch was free! (well, i had to babysit for a few hours to “earn” it…) having a baby fall asleep on you while you fall … Continue reading →

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23
Jun, 2005

reasons i like my job

i get to say things like “whose bubotuber puss is this?” and “when you’re making the exploding filibusters, DON’T shake the flasks of danger!” today i learned that cleaning slime off of weathered wooden picnic tables is a pain in … Continue reading →

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23
Jun, 2005

finishing a mini-tri–in less than 24 hours!

last night as i was eating supper, i realized that i biked 18 miles the night before, ran/walked 3 miles (or 5k) that morning and had just finished swimming 1/4 mile before supper. that means that i finished a whole … Continue reading →

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22
Jun, 2005

strawberry ice cream soup

i had fresh, crushed strawberries with sugar over vanilla ice cream and stirred in into a soup before eating it. i think aunt c. was the first one to show me the joys of soupy ice cream. recently, i was … Continue reading →

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22
Jun, 2005

papi & kiki

as i ate supper on the porch, i was entertained by a hispanic father and his two sons practicing soccer (and shouting “gooooooaaaaaaaalllll” a lot) in the park right across the street. it made me smile.

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