Monthly Archives: September 2007

Forty hours in the Midwest

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Marisa

I am sitting in the Kansas City, Missouri International Airport (I do love an airport with free wifi), waiting for my 6 am flight back to Philly. I stayed in a Hampton Inn last night, going to bed too late … Continue reading →

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I'm leaving on a jet plane

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Marisa

I’m heading to Ames, Iowa in about seven hours to teach a Unitarian Universalist campus ministry workshop to a bunch of folks in the Prairie Star District.  I’m looking forward to getting off the east coast for just a bit … Continue reading →

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Seth moves on

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Marisa

This morning a little after 10 am, I looked up at my friend Seth and said, “Wow.  This is the last time I’ll see you before you move.”  We just sort of stared at each other, mouths agap, trying to … Continue reading →

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Meeting with my thesis adviser

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Marisa

I met with my thesis adviser on Friday morning.  She invited me to come to her new house in Fishtown, but I sorely underestimated the time it would take to get up there and so was nearly half an hour … Continue reading →

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New-old flatware lends a needed boost

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Marisa

I’ve been sort of struggling lately.  I’ve taken on a lot and I’m finding that writing for pay, doing my school work and still having time to relax, is hard.  A couple of nights ago, I was on the phone … Continue reading →

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Inner dioramas, paying attention and Thanksgiving 50 years ago

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Marisa

I’ve discovered something about my writing process lately which is that if I can’t see it, I can’t write it.  So much of my writing is about evoking a feeling of time and place, of creating moments that are described … Continue reading →

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Feast of Love alone

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Marisa

I did one of my favorite things tonight.  I went to the movies alone.  I realize that some people find this tendency strange, but it’s not like you talk during movies, so having someone there with you often seems sort … Continue reading →

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The words are flowing

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Marisa

I had a thesis deadline last week and when it came around, I was unprepared.  For some reason I have been wholy unable to connect with the creative detail-aware side of myself from which most of my writing comes from.  … Continue reading →

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Three years is like 30 in the life of a computer

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Marisa

I feel like it was yesterday that my trusty iBook and I came together for the first time.  I had it shipped to my parents’ house in Oregon so that I wouldn’t have to pay sales tax and it sat … Continue reading →

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Distraction and the benefits of cooking

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Marisa

Recently, the carefree, relaxed grad student life I was leading all summer long disappeared. I’m not entirely sure where it went, but I know that it was replaced with a constant need to do work and get things done. I … Continue reading →

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