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Helen's Random Thoughts: On Re-Entering the Atmosphere
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Monday, December 30, 2013. On Re-Entering the Atmosphere. Other people do this all the time. You'll get used to the routine, and things will get easier. That is the other thing I tell myself. The kids will learn to cook, do laundry, and maybe pick up after themselves. The cats will learn to sort themselves out when they fight. Dust will learn to gather in the bin or become invisible. And I will learn to gather all. My things- glasses, umbrella, gloves, iPod- before getting off the bus. Helen T of PNW.
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Helen's Random Thoughts: A Generation Without a Past
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Friday, August 23, 2013. A Generation Without a Past. Often we study history through textbooks and encyclopedia, but rarely do we learn what it's like to be a person who lived day-to-day through those turmoils. No history book tells you what Chinese children did for school or ate for lunch under the Japanese occupation. No one reported how sorry the Nationalist soldiers looked when they marched into Beijing under Chang Kai Shek's leadership. Why am I here? Morrie answered him, "You bet.". August 23, 2013...
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Helen's Random Thoughts: A Photoblog: Our European Trip - Part 1
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. A Photoblog: Our European Trip - Part 1. I'll be really honest. I find most travel photos, including my own, extremely boring. For whatever sentiments or emotions one may experience at the time the pictures are taken, the photos themselves invariably turn out to look just like a bunch of postcards one gets from souvenir stands, with no personality to them. So why am I posting a photo blog of our travels? By the way, it was Sunday. And we were at church. Technically. There's nothi...
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Helen's Random Thoughts: Dismantling
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Saturday, September 29, 2012. I woke up this morning and decided to take down my blog. There are many reasons for this, and I don't wish to go into them. Let's just say that I need to focus my energy somewhere else. If you are a regular visitor and feel very upset about this, please send me a note through the comment section. I probably won't change my mind, but it sure is nice to know that somebody out there really likes my blog. So sorry, Helen! Ill miss reading your blog.:(. So, so, so SAD! Would ther...
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Helen's Random Thoughts: Surprises and Random Encounters -- in which I throw in a lot of unrelated photos
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. Surprises and Random Encounters - in which I throw in a lot of unrelated photos. This is not a photo in Italy. This is, however, a roman coliseum in the city of Nimes in southern France. We saw it because our connecting train was cancelled due to a train workers' strike and we had to wait for the next one. Instead of feeling like I lost an hour during transit, I felt like I got handed an extra hour on a roman platter. Sometimes, there are surprises of a different nature. And Star...
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Helen's Random Thoughts: Remembering How to Write
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Saturday, August 3, 2013. Remembering How to Write. Nearly a year ago, I decided to dismantle my blog, not because I no longer wished to write, but because I suddenly felt exposed and vulnerable, knowing just how much of my personal life and private thoughts were out there on display. So, here I go, trying to recapture the muse again. I may or may not succeed. But feel free to comment or lurk. Feeling vulnerable is not altogether the worst, and I'm learning to overcome that. Welcome back, Friend!
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Helen's Random Thoughts: A Photoblog: Our European Trip - Part 2
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. A Photoblog: Our European Trip - Part 2. My favorite things in Paris. Without a doubt, my favorite part of visiting Paris is picking up fresh breads every morning at the neighborhood boulangerie and fruit from the corner produce stand- not to mention poking my head in the patisseries beckoning with their varieties of tarts and pastries, the likes of which I have never seen this side of the Atlantic. Of course, the coffee is always good. Very good. Cruising on the Seine, I realized ...
