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Clean House

My time in Bloomington is starting to come to a close: In one week I will be sitting on a plane headed to Frankfurt and my return to calling Weimar home.

For now, however, it is time to clean house: get it spotless so that when the owner returns, they find no flaws—or at least […]

Un-Shoed

I cannot tell you the first time I noticed it, but at some point whilst CQ and I were still based in Cape Town I realized that a lot of kids were going barefoot.

And the kids going barefoot did not look like kids from poor families: their attire and their family’s attire was middle-class […]

Chasing My New York Celebrities

It’s hard for those who have not visited The City to understand, but clearly New York becomes something special for those who have visited it.

I have to admit, though, that I get annoyed with all the touristy things and, often, have atypical wants and wishes for my time in the big city. Today, for […]

Sunday Thoughts

Despite the rain, wind, and cold weather, today’s been a good day.

In fact, even had it snowed and I been stuck outside, it would have been a good day—principally because I found my orange shoes—shoes that I had packed away in June and then managed to forget about until a few weeks ago, but […]

Stare at me!

The one thing that was absolutely consistent wherever I went in Armenia was that people stared at me.

Granted, I’ve been stared at before—usually because I am a freak. Take, for instance, when I had bright orange hair, whilst wearing an orange shirt and an orange boa in Bloomington. I sure attracted a lot of […]

Photo Friday: New

My new shoes…

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Caterpillar Footwear

Caterpillar Footwear

Originally uploaded by elmada.

Last Thursday I noted, if you bothered to read, that I needed new shoes.

So Thursday evening I went out, off to Saturn to look to see if I could buy the Eurovision CD in person, and then off to a shoe store. Saturn was open but […]

New Year’s Eve, Prague Style

Now that I’m on my way back home and my suitcase is with me, I decided to rewrite some of what I had written before about New Year’s Eve in Prague and instead focus on the positive about having had my suitcase misplaced for a day and a half.

I had to wear my heavy […]

A warm fuzzy day

Today’s been a really fantastic day- all things considered. I got to work and helped Susan with a lot of Arts Administration things followed up with other work, and before I knew it, it was time to go to lunch with MT, who had driven up from Evansville to see me-we had lunch at Tortilla […]

Darmstadt, Germany

Saturday morning was the first (and only) morning on this trip that I actually slept until my alarm clock went off; I proceeded to shut it off and then doze for another half hour until I forced myself out of bed and into the shower: I had to finish packing a few meager items before […]