Holidays

what really matters?

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

American Refugee Committee (ARC) is running a campaign this December called “What really matters?” Each week there is a giving challenge, but related to

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’tis the season to be

Friday, December 5th, 2008

This morning when I woke up, rolled over and turned on the Minnesota Public Radio station, it told me that it was 10 degrees (F) outside. Fortunately, my bed is toasty underneath the down comforter. The high today is supposed to be

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white winter

Monday, January 14th, 2008

I’m still listening to Christmas music every now and then on Pandora. They had a great “Swingin’ Christmas”

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the stretch in between

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

My cousin pointed out that I hadn’t posted in over a month. Time does fly. My friend, Jerilyn, just wrote this in an email:
“So much for endings. Beginnings are always more

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russian store

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

During my fabulous time in Boston, I visited my friend Emily out in her neighborhood, Brookline. Mindelynn and I took the T (train/metro) out to her place and started walking down the street to her building. Emily met us out on the street and just before turning the corner

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do eye models exist?

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Boston must be the city of Let’s-Boost-the-Egos-of-all-our-Visitors. I met up with my friend, Emily, at Faneuil Hall, right next to Quincy Market. We spent our afternoon shopping and milling around the market buildings. We stopped to look at some headbands at a cart just outside of the Quincy Market building. The […]

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it’s the day to celebrate…my birthday!

Monday, August 13th, 2007

August 13th it is!

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chocolaterie

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

When my mom and I went to Tallinn, Estonia, the second two nights we stayed at the Villa Hortensia. This place had 4 small apartments, tucked away in a little courtyard in the middle of old town. We walk into the courtyard as we’re trying to

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hill of crosses

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

I don’t have a lot of personal knowledge about the Hill of Crosses (Kryžių Kalnas), but I have learned a bit about the history. In general, I know that

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unprepared

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

I hope you are ready for a new blast of photos on my Flickr site. I will start posting photos from the 2 weeks that my mom was here. We were in Vilinus (LT), Tallinn (EST), Helsinki, and Liepaja (LV). You can imagine that

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