My mom has a friend named “Mirek,” but the name is Polish, not English, so it’s pronounced more like, “Mee-dehk.” When I was a little girl, I was afraid of Mirek. You see, Polish is a soft and endearing language; but the Polish accent, attempting English, is forceful and rough. Plus, he had a mustache.ContinueContinue reading “Lalka”
Category Archives: Family
Catching up
People have been like, “So, what’ve you been up to?” and I’m just like, “geez, I don’t even know.” But! I do have some photographs, photographs of stufffff. And I can fill you in on my family and the like. Like, not last Friday but the Friday before I was in a little improv comedyContinueContinue reading “Catching up”
The 30 year sacrifice
This past weekend we drove up, up, up into the northern reaches of the state—my sister, two of my brothers, and I. We were going for some church-y opportunities, but also some marshmallow opportunities and some campfire-songs opportunities. What I’m saying is: it was technically for a religious retreat, but with hearty emphasis on freeContinueContinue reading “The 30 year sacrifice”
Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.
On Thursday I was like, “Huh. The weekend is open, and a holiday weekend, no less. I should find something to do” and “I’ve wanted to walk this 35-mile trail since I heard about it last summer.” So, I told my cousin, and she was on board for a Sunday-through-Monday hike. She did perform aContinueContinue reading “Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.”
Playing catch up: Day 4 of 4. Floodwaters.
It’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN!! Or, after this, I can post new content instead of, “Hi hi hi, let me catch you up on why I haven’t been posting.” 🙂 So. While I was away at camp, I received a call from a friend who was like, “Hey, are you doing alright with all of thisContinueContinue reading “Playing catch up: Day 4 of 4. Floodwaters.”
Fine art at its finest
I woke up this morning and found a great work of art on the kitchen table so I was like, “MOM, WHAT IS THIS?” And she was like, “Oh yeah, your cousin made that for you because she remembered how much you liked the other picture she gave you.” This, my friends, is 3-D popContinueContinue reading “Fine art at its finest”
NEVER BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE!
Hallo. I wrote about pilgrimage for a while there, but never uploaded the photos. And, frankly, I’m still not quite going to…mayhaps tomorrow. I’m behind on too many other random photos. Wanna just play catch up? OK. First of all, (and I can elaborate more later) I usually learn a lot on pilgrimages, too. NoContinueContinue reading “NEVER BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE!”
What goes into planning a pilgrimage
So, time is tight, but blog postin’ is due so let me tell you a little story, eh? On Saturday I’m planning a pilgrimage walk of nine miles. I can hand out the details tomorrow, but, it’s story time today! Allow me to tell you about what happened last Saturday. Well, earlier in the weekContinueContinue reading “What goes into planning a pilgrimage”
The shortest Christine story.
So many things to say! But no time! So, I’ll tell you something Christine said. Me: Christine, you should come to circus class ONE TIME. Christine: No. Me: Yes. You should try it ONCE. Christine: No. I have no upper-body strength. Me: Well, how do you think you will get upper body strength? Christine: SittingContinueContinue reading “The shortest Christine story.”
Highlights from the 4th of July
Full disclosure: I took some cold medicine yesterday. Even though cold medicine comes in packs of two, I usually only take one at a time and leave the other one until I need it later down the line. But yesterday I was like, “You know, I could just be an adult and take them both.”ContinueContinue reading “Highlights from the 4th of July”
Seashell Nell 