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Origami Is Done

Submitted by Christine on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 17:38

I need to confess right away--I am not good at origami. I bought a book today, Origami for Children, and attempted to make a series of things. I ended up making a cat and a fish, neither of which looks exactly like the models in the book, a house, and two boxes, one very good and one not so good. My rocket went awry and I still do not understand where I went wrong.

Bird-Brained

Submitted by Christine on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 14:35

Okay, I am telling the world! The book I am writing this year/the project I am doing this year is that I am being a Girl Scout! For my 50th year, I am going to do the work of 50 badges (plus 3 badges that are regional), and I am going to call them badges even though the Girl Scouts refer to them as Interest Projects. Too many years as a Girl Scout has "Badges" stuck in my head, and I just cannot change to another term.

The Year of 50!

Submitted by Christine on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 20:52

It's true--I turned 50 six days ago. And to those who say that 50 is the new 30, I say that I did not go to sleep on New Year's Eve, 1990, at 10:00 like I did last night. If my 50 is what 30-year-olds are doing now, I feel sorry for them!

Fifty

Submitted by Christine on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 12:19

The number 50 has been—in various cultures and throughout time—been invested with importance, symbolism, and gravitas.

Cars Don't (Usually) Blow Up

Submitted by Christine on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:26

If you'd like to subscribe to my blog, and I would love it if you do, just click on the orange box. That leads to another page, where you will find "Subscribe" under Actions. Just keep going from there!

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." At a quick glance, this may seem like circular reasoning, but fear freezes us, keeps us from positive changes, inhibits our growth, and stymies our daily activities.

A New Month!

Submitted by Christine on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:57

Being an old fuddy-duddy, blogging seems odd, self-centered, and cold in many ways; on the other hand, it is based on the most human of our activities: reaching out to others. I admit, as well, to seeing a connection between blogging and writing poetry; both are written acts whose audience is often unknown.