Archive for May, 2005
the company one keeps
I don’t profess to have the best taste in boyfriends; this is probably why I’m still single after all these years. One thing I have learned about friends and boyfriends both is that the old adage is true; you are defined by the company you keep. When someone in an old boyfriend’s life […]
Posted by Marie on May 25th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »kindred spirits
I was a big fan of Anne of Green Gables when I was younger, and Anne (with an ‘e’) used to talk about kindred spirits. Some people in this world are kindred spirits, and some are not. Sometimes Anne knew if they were kindred spirits just by looking at them. […]
Posted by Marie on May 24th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »finishing up
I’m off to my home area for about a week, visiting with a few brothers and my parents for the last time in a while. I have been obsessively using and distributing the last of my stuff. At my going-away party over the weekend, I made little doorprize bags of toilet paper, […]
Posted by Marie on May 23rd, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »the leaving is easy
I’m saying good-bye to a lot of people lately - and when one leaves the country for two years, it’s relatively easy to imagine that you’ll miss people (and be missed by them).
Which, of course, reminds me of a story. The first time I went to Peace Corps, I remember that we were all very […]
stuff = babosadas
When I lived in Zimbabwe, I started speaking Shona with about five verbs and ten nouns. As I tried to speak in conversation, I’d ask my friends for a better verb. For example, I was bringing something down to school. I knew how to say I was ‘coming with’ (ndirikuuya na) […]
Posted by Marie on May 17th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »poem on the wall of my lawyer’s office
I have a very cool lawyer. She works at stopping domestic violence towards women, among other things. As I was sitting signing copies of my will, I was looking at this poem on the wall of her office, and I like it:
The Summer Dayby Mary Oliver
Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the […]
changing the world
The first time I joined Peace Corps, my boyfriend at the time was skeptical. I remember having long conversations about changing the world. I think, at the time, that I really did want to change the world with my Peace Corps experience. Maybe not the whole world, but at least a little part of it […]
Posted by Marie on May 16th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »those nice customers of mine
I send this email to these wonderful customers of mine, this afternoon. Today is my last day at work.
Dear XXXX staff -
Oh my goodness! I was pleased to receive the solar-powered battery charger at the beginning of the week - when it came I thought “Wow, those people are so nice.” Then, when I received […]
sending letters
A few stories about writing letters
Before I left for Zimbabwe, I had my new address. Someone told me (maybe even the PC people) that you could have people write to you at that address before you left so that when you arrived, you would have mail waiting for you when you arrive! So I told […]
expectations
A little while ago, I submitted an “aspiration statement” to the Peace Corps El Salvador powers that be to help them start to place me at a site (matching my skills with a good place). I had to write an entire paragraph on my expectations. This was a little difficult, because I am really trying […]
Posted by Marie on May 11th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »
- ceiling fan, and baby exercises
- baby competition
- z’s first concert
- yay obama
- my lame halloween costume
- Our little social … human
- I guess time really is money
- starting and stopping work
- talking about breasts
- fresh out of the oven
- my life as a stay-at-home mom
- updated pictures on flickr
- but I do believe in miracles
- our little o negative baby
- blamers and the nuclear family
- his feet look like mine
- pictures on flickr
- new baby in the house
- We just joined the “buy more sh&t” club
- tomato sandwiches
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