Kana's Chronicles

Life in Kana-text (er… CONtext)

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    what an apt description–I know that feeling too! Like thumbing the wheel of a lighter when there’s not enough fuel…

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    I do enjoy each obsession as it’s upon me… But I will say that some of them are more USEFUL…

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Author: Kana Smith

  • For once in my life, I beat Barbie to the punch.  For once in my life, the latest Barbie is a wanna-be-ME.  (Hey, allow me my little moment of delusion here.)  I don’t know why this should make me grin–I’m not a fan of Barbie, wouldn’t buy one for my daughter.  (Interestingly enough, my daughter…

  • Our oldest daughter fibbed to me Wednesday.  She asked for our new address so she could send pictures of the grandbabies.  This morning as we were drinking our first cup of coffee on the porch, a UPS truck pulled up to our trailer.  “Puzzled” would be an understatement to describe our reaction, but ours is…

  • Not unlike an Embassy, our local Asia Market reminds me of a small piece of foreign country surrounded by American soil.  I am, of course, The Foreigner there–but by now I’ve earned my visa and might no longer be considered a tourist. Friday mornings the produce comes in–all the vegetables you won’t find at WinCo…

  • During my most recent six-hour wait at our Health and Welfare office, the folks around me were joking that the wait itself might be part of the screening-process; no one in their right mind would sit here so long if they didn’t truly NEED help.  We didn’t ask each other’s names, but we knew each…

  • Living Richly

    “Half the world knows not how the other half lives.”  ~George Herbert [Oct.16]  Rats, I was doing so well with “PostaDay,” till today. (Which will be “yesterday” by the time this is available to read.)  The good news: my Miss isn’t due to lack of writing. Here I am writing. The Other-news: our internet is…

  • My son Christian has had an invisible dragon-friend since he was two years old.  He’s blue (I haven’t puzzled out the contradictory twist of physics by which “blue” and “invisible” can coincide as descriptors) and about the size of a big toe.  A pocket-dragon, you could say–though I’m given to understand that most often he…

  • Parenting by text-message… I haven’t been up so much at night with a youngster since I had infants in the house–but I’m honored to be called upon.  Our teenager broke up with his girlfriend yesterday after six months together (which rightly translates to Very Serious Relationship in high-school-world).  He stayed over at a friend’s house…