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Kid Casey Was Confused About: Geography
As a child I was often flummoxed at hearing China and Japan collectively referred to as “The East.” I grew up on the west coast of the United States; China and Japan were very clearly to the west, not the east. Chapter labels like “Eastern Art” led me to expect Roman sculpture or portraits of
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How is the media fast going?
Well, it’s been about two weeks since I shut down my personal Instagram and enacted new rules about watching TV. I’m reading a lot more. The first week was weird. I panicked at least once a day thinking that one of my favorite influencers had stopped posting and are they sick? Are they depressed? Are
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What it’s like to play Animal Crossing for a year.
(If you do not play and are not interested in Animal Crossing I suggest you skip this entire post. I am going to write it as if the reader also plays ACNH.) I’ve been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons daily for almost exactly a year, like a sucker (who needs a real job). I’ve done
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40
I recently turned forty years old. Apparently this is a Big Deal and I’m supposed to have a lot of feelings about it. I am not having a ton of feelings. Forty feels about right. When I was a kid I had trouble even picturing myself as a teenager and I interpreted this as proof
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Abu Simbel
Have you heard about the temple complex at Abu Simbel in Egypt? It’s one of those things I get really excited about, and I just read a book about it so I want to talk about it! The temple complex at Abu Simbel is a magnificent set of two temples on the edge of the
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She (maybe) chose poorly.
I went to the gym today, after more than a week away due to illness. It doesn’t take much to keep me from the gym. If I experience even the smallest little bump in the road of life my exercise plans are the first things to be thrown out the window. Had a bad dream?
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Fun-sized character studies
My youngest had a sore throat on Monday, and I ended up taking him to the doctor twice in one 24-hour period. I didn’t used to be this mom. I used to be the mom who let illnesses develop for at least three days before even calling the nurse line. I used to be the
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Living deliberately
I don’t usually listen to podcasts, but my kids’ piano teacher (who blogs over at Midlife Creative) recommended this one to me and I can’t stop thinking about it. The podcast is about a class taught at UPenn, Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life. Students in this class are asked to live as
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M&Ms
I’m starting to enjoy peanut M&Ms and I am a little embarrassed about it. My natal family is an M&M family. My grandma loved plain M&Ms, my mom loves plain M&Ms. Plain M&Ms were my toddlerhood potty training reward and my little brother famously referred to them as “num nums” for many years. I still
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Costco
Every time I drop off junk at Goodwill I swing by Costco on my way home. The irony is not lost on me. What a horrible warehouse of wonders. I’m not even talking about all their Christmas decorations. The snack aisles alone are enough to make me gleeful (welcome home, giant box of Cheez-Its!). They