by Kathy on November 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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Tuesday, 3-12-96 7:50 PM London 1:50 PM E-Town Tuesday evening, turned in my essay for British Society this afternoon, so I finally have time to do laundry… Much needed! The lady who works here just told me I have beautiful handwriting & asked if I was writing in English! Don’t quite know what to make […]
by Kathy on October 21, 2019 · 1 comment
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Monday, 3-11-96 8:40 AM En Route to London 2:40 AM E-Town After a very bearable ferry ride & now a painless coach ride (through most of which I slept…) — we are w/in miles of London. Whatta trip! Picking up where I left off… We arrived in Dublin, Ireland’s capital city, at about 8 AM […]
by Kathy on October 2, 2019 · 0 comments
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I intended to start this with a line from a song that I love, called Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp. It’s about holding on to “16 as long as you can, (because) changes come around real soon (that) make us women and men.” I was going to write about how magical this time […]
by Kathy on September 17, 2019 · 0 comments
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You are here, at the start of a moment… Double Digits! A decade in this world and with our family. You reminded us last night that you wouldn’t technically turn 10 until 7:55 a.m. this morning and joked you were going to shout out, “I’m 10!” when the time came at school. You are very […]
by Kathy on June 17, 2019 · 0 comments
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Sunday, 3-10-96 7:45 PM Somewhere btw. Galway & Dublin, Ireland 1:45 PM E-Town Well, I must be on a roll with this here journal writing thing, for after a little over 2 months abroad I am finished with the Mary Englebreit one that Erin Sadler so thoughtfully gave me for an X-mas/going away gift! And […]
Thursday, 3-7-96 9:00 PM London 3:00 PM E-Town My perceptions are extremely heightened at the moment. In the distance thru my window, open just a crack, here at Pembridge, I just heard church bells ring for the hour. I have heard the bells at least 2 other times today. I have been home all day […]