Author Archives: Carissa

22
Aug, 2006

yellow is the color of august

yesterday, i biked through pathways lined with sunny yellow flowers taller than me. it somehow felt regal. today, a friend shared home canned peaches with me. they are like gold. canning takes so much work and it’s so hot and … Continue reading →

Posted in summer, yum | 3 Comments
20
Aug, 2006

travelogue: weekend at the lake house

it’s amazing how many more interesting weekends this summer has contained now that i don’t work most saturdays. (i’ve also visited the farmer’s market less frequently, but i can make do) this past weekend, a friend generously opened up his … Continue reading →

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14
Aug, 2006

little weasel

this morning i got to play with a baby for a few hours. a friend of mine, who moved a few months before her baby arrived, is in town this week to do some research, so she was looking for … Continue reading →

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13
Aug, 2006

travelogue: door county

mr. happy stuff and i have never had a chance to visit door county and we’d always heard such nice things, so this past weekend, we finally packed up and went to the great northern thumb of wisconsin. we had … Continue reading →

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09
Aug, 2006

forgetful me

my brain has been dropping a lot of details and appointments lately (can anyone say, “end of the summer library program”?) and that’s most of the time not a good thing (many apologies to my softball team whose last game … Continue reading →

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08
Aug, 2006

silly stuff on tv

ok, so tv is evil and i try to avoid it … sometimes. but sometimes it can also show very funny things and can be fluffy brain candy when i need some. on rare occasions, even commercials can make me … Continue reading →

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03
Aug, 2006

of rats and mice

so last night as i was cleaning up some beets to pickle them, i noticed that the roots on them looked just like i would imagine the tails of the three blind mice to look (am i a children’s librarian … Continue reading →

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01
Aug, 2006

black raspberries

last weekend, grandma happy stuff packed up some of her famous jam for us to take home. it’s well known that a jar of her strawberry jam would be lucky to survive the week if it were opened, but this … Continue reading →

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01
Aug, 2006

an extra day

most of the time, i really enjoy having fun stuff all planned out for my days off, but sometimes it’s nice just to have a day to catch up. mr. happy stuff and i both had monday off, but he … Continue reading →

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30
Jul, 2006

poo on my shoes

ok, i didn’t actually get any poo on my shoes, but i just liked the sound of that as a title and i could have gotten poo on my shoes if i hadn’t been careful–and yet it was a happy … Continue reading →

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