Archive for December, 2005
a bit of travel, a goal in itself
I love to travel. One of my friends and I get into discussions about traveling or staying in place. At one point he wrote to me, “I hope you are getting closer to your goal with each step farther away from home you roam.” It’s a nice sentiment, but for me, it’s […]
Posted by Marie on December 28th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »decisions or non-decisions
I just received a Christmas card in the mail from my friend Stacey.
Stacey and I have been friends for as long as I can remember (well, since we were five). She has been faithful and devoted to God her whole life, and in fact decided in her thirties to change her career […]
where is marie?
As you may well know, I don’t like to blog in the middle of flux — I like to post reflectively and not simply relate events. The long and the short of it, though, is that I have decided to leave the Peace Corps the second time around — and as a matter of fact, […]
Posted by Marie on December 21st, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »visiting the family
We had a few days of training this past week in the same town where we had our original training, so I took the opportunity to visit my host family. I brought Chicago t-shirts sent by a friend in Chicago (unfortunately made in Central America), and printouts of all of the pictures I had […]
Posted by Marie on December 9th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »the clothing here
A very good friend of mine is coming for a visit in a little bit. She was in Peace Corps some time ago in an Eastern European country, and was checking in with me on what kinds of clothes to wear. She asked and then said, “maybe there’s a reflective blog post about this […]
Posted by Marie on December 5th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »personal responsibility and our circles
I had a conversation a while ago with a PC Volunteer (and friend) about personal responsibility. He contended that we all need to strive to do the right thing, but if we are not doing the right thing, it is up to our (chosen) friends to help steer us on the right path. […]
Posted by Marie on December 5th, 2005 under Uncategorized | Comment now »reality is a social construct
I read the line “reality is a social construct” somewhere recently, and liked it enough to put it down on my “to write about in my blog” list. This statement fits very well with how I feel about crossing cultures and manners in general.
We have manners to make others feel comfortable. We follow rules […]
society and technology
I have heard some people talk about how horrible the cell phone is; how rude, or how obnoxious. I have also heard people say how great it is. The same is true for the Internet - used poorly, it can be awful, for example annoying emails or blogs that simply talk about how […]
Posted by Marie on December 1st, 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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