Category Archives: Raina Rose

Normally I don't like surprises, but I'll take ones like this any day

Saturday morning, just after 11 am, my cellphone rang.  It was my sister, calling to say that she and Green Mountain Grass were leaving soon and would be driving up to Philly for the day.  The bus is still busted … Continue reading

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A dispatch from Raina on the road

Just a few minutes ago I was standing in my kitchen, putting away a few clean dishes, when I heard my cellphone ringing from my bedroom at the other end of the apartment.  I dashed for it, but didn’t get … Continue reading

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Announcements, announcements, announcements

Tomorrow I’m hosting the Carnival of the Mundane. The last time I did this back last September was a hoot, and so I’m looking forward to it once more. If you have a blog post that’s particularly mundane, please feel … Continue reading

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Jumbles

I can’t seem to keep a rosemary plant alive in my apartment, although for some reason the little bay tree I got about a year ago is doing fine. My sister got pulled over by the cops someplace in Oklahoma … Continue reading

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Pandora and a blog birthday

I was talking to my mom tonight and she told me about a pretty cool incident that happened recently involving my sister’s music. A friend of my dad’s from the Unitarian Church in Portland was listening to Pandora Internet Radio … Continue reading

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A slightly boring round-up of why I haven't posted anything good lately

I realize it’s been a little light on the content around here lately (and that I didn’t get a Friday Random Ten set up yesterday), but things have been strikingly busy around Apartment 2024.  There was a bris on Thursday.  … Continue reading

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Quarter Century

Just after midnight on Friday evening, I picked up my cell phone and typed in a brief text message. “It’s February 3rd in Philadelphia! Happy 25th Birthday!” It seems likes it’s only been a scant year since Raina learned to … Continue reading

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I feel loved

Yesterday I got some treats in the mail, including a book I desperately needed for class tonight, a black sock that I had accidentally left in Portland while I was there in December, a twenty year old Septa token and … Continue reading

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Missing Life

I was standing in my kitchen tonight, peeling some old wrinkled apples in order to turn them into apple sauce, when my cell phone rang.  It was my mom, calling from my sister’s concert.  She was calling to tell me … Continue reading

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The Prophet, the Panhandler and the Moon

Last Friday I called home to Portland, only to have my mom rush me off the phone with a hurried, “I can’t talk now, I have to get your sister’s CD downtown to be mastered.” I realize that this is … Continue reading

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