Day 18
I’m wearing an apron that says, “Kiss the Cook”, having just completed, with my friend Julie, our first bridal shower. It was for Princess Caroline the Saved, as she is known by us, her humble maidservants. It was Julie’s idea to wear aprons – I feel very domestic at the present moment.
I was more of a [...]
Archive for June, 2007
30 Jun
of aprons and wedding showers
29 Jun
beautiful interruptions
Day 19
Yesterday as I was crossing the bridge between MU’s two libraries, I saw the sunset out the window. It was one of God’s stellar paintings in the sky, the thick orange blankets of clouds contrasted by that brilliant blue that’s so hard to describe. Sillohuetted seagulls soared against the evening’s artwork.
I stopped. I caught my [...]
28 Jun
just 1 in 100 million
Day 20
I just read in Newsweek that there will be about 100 million bloggers in the world by the end of the year. That’s kind of a lot. I’m quite new to this arena of expression (though after 123 – or is it 124? – straight days of posting my thoughts, it feels like I’ve been [...]
27 Jun
Humidity
Day 21
This was Bonnie’s suggestion for today’s entry’s topic. So here we go.
A conversation between members of my family back in 2002, right after they had come from the dry coolness of Kijabe to the muggy summer of Pennsylvania:
Someone: “Boy, the humidity is bad today.”
Daniel: “What’s humidity?”
Noah: “It’s like water sitting in the air.”
That’s a [...]
26 Jun
good news (continued)
Day 22
Thanks to those of you who posted good news in response to yesterday’s entry. It truly is a refreshing thing.
Milwaukee’s news these days is filled with stories of a corrupt alderman, murder rates, and the Juneteenth violence. You can get discouraged really quickly hearing about that kind of stuff.
So even little bits of good news, [...]
25 Jun
Ahhh, refreshing.
Day 23
Proverbs 25:25 ”Like cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a distant land.”
How true.
So, what’s your good news? Come on – y’all have got to have something.
‘Cause this weary soul needs some cold water.
24 Jun
Reasons a baseball game is NOT relaxing
Day 24 (Note: Day 24 is the 24th -I love symmetry.)
1. Rookie Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo gets a no-hitter going (of course it’s broken up in the 5th, but it feels like nail-biting time).
2. There’s one baby in your section, 213. Who gets hit by the foul ball off the bat of the Royals’ Tony Pena in the [...]
23 Jun
Replacements
Day 25
The other day after a session with my 3 year old client, I sighed and told my supervisor that I was going to miss the little guy. She smiled and said, “Oh, there’ll be replacements.”
I understand where she’s coming from. In a lot of ways, that’s true. This fall, I’ll be busy in a speech-language classroom full of preschoolers who I’m sure will [...]
22 Jun
It’s not arrogant
Day 26
I’ve been told that for me to say that I know for certain that I’m going to heaven is arrogant. This conclusion is most likely based on the misconception that to have such certainty, I must be saying that I’m so good, there’s no way I’m going to miss out.
That sentiment could be further from the truth. I’m not [...]
21 Jun
A runner’s heart
Day 27
I love running. I haven’t run in a long time because of certain muscles like a hip flexor that still nags me for mangling it back when I ran cross country in college (very very very slowly, mind you), and certain joints like my right knee which doesn’t like the pounding pain it feels after I pound the sidewalk a little too hard. [...]
20 Jun
Is it “home” yet?
Day 28
I, like most MKs, have lived a lot of places and have always had a hard time with the “where’s home?” question. Hey, forget “where’s home”. . . I have enough trouble with “what’s home”, as in what does the word even mean anymore?
So . . .
Katie’s Inexhaustive Dictionary of the English Language strikes again.
home (n.) - 1.) [...]
19 Jun
It’s clever, therefore I like it.
Day 29
“Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it.” ~Unknown
This quote works especially well with certain accents (e.g. Italian) - and you can get very close to the original that way.
Onward.
Proverbs 18:10 “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe.”
I’ve always liked that image of the [...]
18 Jun
bumping into you
Day 30
It’s fun running into someone on accident. There’s no planning, no deciding, no pre-deliberation on your part or mine. You get up in the morning and go about your ordinary. You go to school or work or the bank or the post office or to Jimmy John’s for a vegetarian sub, and you turn [...]
17 Jun
On my dresser sits a box.
Day 31
It’s a little round ceramic box with a little round ceramic bear on top. Wherever I move, I carry that little round ceramic box with me. It’s always one of the last things I pack (if I pack it at all), thoughtfully and carefully. If there was ever a fire, it’d be the first thing I’d grab. It [...]
16 Jun
Starting over
Day 32
The ants were at it again. Building their little castles in the sidewalk cracks, including the specific crack next to the bottom step in front of my building. For days, I’d been watching those three little hills grow into tiny ant mountains, and for days, I’d been waiting on the inevitable. Which happened Thursday.
When I came home [...]
15 Jun
Holistic
Day 33
A high school classmate who writes a blog wrote about the “holistic” approach to evangelism, which involves caring for the whole person, not just for their spiritual needs. He asked for responses, so below is what I wrote with some expansion.
Jesus: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel . . .”(Mark 16:15)
Paul: “I am [...]
14 Jun
It was like watching a car wreck
Day 34
Actually, it was, in fact, watching a car wreck.
Yesterday, a little before one p.m., I’m crossing in the middle of 16th St. (Jaywalking, yes. Bad Katie. Bad, bad Katie.) and I hear that awful screech of tires. Not close to me, so don’t be worrying. Down the road about 150 feet at the intersection of [...]
13 Jun
Scenes from Africa (gathered from various sources)
Day 35
‘Cause no one else will do it for you:
Gotta love true resourcefulness:
No comment needed:
Sigh. I do miss that place.
Onward.
John 9:25b “One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
The man who spoke these words was physically born blind. Jesus healed him. We who have believed in Jesus Christ were born spiritually blind [...]
12 Jun
New things
Day 36
On Sunday, the 3-5 year old Sunday School class was learning about Day 3 of creation, the day that God made seed-bearing plants. As an object lesson, the teacher (I was the “helper”) brought in several kinds of fruit and cut them open to show the kids the variety of seeds God created. We had [...]
11 Jun
The weirdness of JUST waiting
Day 37
This morning, I was waiting . . . just waiting. The clinic room was set up, the internet cued to the page I needed, and my lesson plan and client file were on a chair in the observation room for my supervisor to peruse. All was in readiness.
But my client was late. And I was stuck [...]
10 Jun
Risk
Day 38
There’s an investment ad I’ve been hearing on the radio lately that starts out with this (probably government-mandated) warning: “Investments and securities involve the risk of loss.” When anything related to money, business, or economics comes up, I tune out. I’m not concerned with rising stocks, bull and bear markets (?), or any of [...]
9 Jun
On being an international sports fan
Day 39
Back a dozen or so years ago, which was a while before the internet reached our town in Kenya, it was rather hard to follow American sports of any kind. That’s completely understandable. I mean, do U.S. papers keep track of cricket scores in Australia? Of course not!
So I’ve gotta give the Daily Nation (one of Kenya’s newspapers) credit [...]
8 Jun
Let the diagnostics begin
Day 40
Yesterday and today my diagnostic partner and I conducted our first evaluations. They were about as different as 2 sessions could be. Yesterday’s evaluation consisted of two and a half hours of chasing a two and a half year old girl around the room with testing materials. We were a just a leetle tired after that one. Nothing really went [...]
7 Jun
Nizzard Hash (a very serious book recommendation)
Day 41
Today I would like to suggest for your reading pleasure, a classic: The King’s Stilts by the venerable Dr. Seuss. This tale of noble King Birtram of Binn (as well as his stilts), courageous page boy Eric, and dastardly Lord Droon is, in my opinion, Seuss’s best and enjoys a long and honored history in my family. [...]
6 Jun
That troublesome “sn”
Day 42
I was lesson planning for tomorrow’s session with my 3-year-old client (Side Note: He’s the one who, totally unprompted, gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek after each session – talk about serious heart meltage.) in which we will be focusing on correct production of the cluster “sn”. For part of the session, I’ll [...]
5 Jun
“I feel like I’m just so self-absorbed.”
Day 43
That’s the comment I overheard when I passed two girls last night leaving the library. I didn’t hear anymore of their conversation – you know how you catch bits ‘n’ pieces of others lives as you pass by – but that was a very interesting bit ‘n’ piece my ears grabbed as I walked home.
In my mind, I thought, Me [...]
4 Jun
100
Day 44
This is my 100th blog entry, so I thought it appropriate to share some thoughts I wrote . . . on writing.
Word Wrestling – 16 September 06
Writing is not easy for me. It’s hard work. More often than not, I find the process frustrating. It usually goes something like this: I’ll wake up in [...]
3 Jun
True or false:
Day 45
Going to heaven has absolutely nothing to do with one’s lifestyle, character or behavior – ever.
(Query shamelessly stolen from Ian’s facebook profile.)
This question was brought to the forefront of my thinking yesterday when I was reading a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel opinion column. Steve Paske wrote about how some kids in this city seem unconcerned about committing violent crimes because [...]
2 Jun
We can finally say (drumroll please) . . .
Day 46
“See ya next month!”
(This entry was scheduled for yesterday, but was preempted by the speling be.)
Since the calendar rolled over to June 2007, I was able to say that to my sister last night. For my family, it’s no longer see you the year after next after next, or next year, or later on this year sometime. It [...]
1 Jun
Tommorrow, Tommorrow, I love ya, Tommorrow. . .
Day 47
Yesterday was the National Spelling Bee finals. Kids from across North America, all amazing spellers, competed. The winning word in 2007?
“Serrefine”. That’s a small forceps for clamping a blood vessel. I’m definitely going to try to incorporate this new vocab word into my conversation.
Also yesterday, Mrs. Clinton campaigned for the presidency:
Guess at least one event organizer [...]
