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A Safe Bet

the writer at 18, setting up for certification dives
November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 13 Comments

Writing yesterday about the canoe trip my dad and I took together got me thinking about the other road-trip he and I took, five years later... The first thing I signed up for, when I hit college, was a course to get certified as a Scuba diver, because I planned to study Marine Biology. I … Continue reading A Safe Bet

The Lost Map

watercolor map of the world, with pins in many countrires
November 15, 2025November 16, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 22 Comments

WordPress used to have a widget I loved. I love maps in any case---I'm a certifiable cartophile, and this map I loved in particular. A blogger could put this widget on the side of the page, and its map showed all the countries in which the blog had been read. SO cool. I can still … Continue reading The Lost Map

The Post-It Queen Strikes Again

AI-generated image of a woman sitting at her computer, surrounded by Post-it notes that are even stuck to her.
October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 15 Comments

I'm sitting on the living-room couch with my MacBook, rather than the more serviceable office chair and desktop computer, because this window is where the sunshine is streaming in. We've had nothing but wind and storms this week---and although we generally only get 12 inches of rain a year here, in our High Desert climate, … Continue reading The Post-It Queen Strikes Again

Drawing up a gratitude list 

November 4, 2017November 5, 2017 ~ Kana Smith ~ 12 Comments

November is a popular month for gratitude, given the holiday that’s named for the emotion, but my motivation this year is a little different. I’m grateful that October is over! "Isn’t that the same thing as being-in-November?" you ask reasonably. Well, not precisely.  The thing is, almost every major Drama, Trauma, and Tragedy in my … Continue reading Drawing up a gratitude list 

Life, and Death. And Life.

April 10, 2017April 25, 2017 ~ Kana Smith ~ 4 Comments

Life in Idaho... I've been practicing my fly-fishing cast out in the road behind our RV, aiming to land my fly on a paper plate. Jon has been out with me, working on technique--and he'll take me to try it on water once I'm hitting that plate regularly. (We picked up our three-year hunting-and-fishing licenses … Continue reading Life, and Death. And Life.

Flood in the Desert

March 15, 2017May 17, 2017 ~ Kana Smith ~ 8 Comments

Supposedly, I live in a "high desert" climate. Well, I do live in a high desert climate--but you sure wouldn't know it this year. I just pulled up an article from January, stating that Boise had (already) seen more snow-so-far than any year since 1892, when they started keeping records. And we kept getting more snow---a … Continue reading Flood in the Desert

Views From the Roof

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 ~ Kana Smith ~ 2 Comments

On the list of things-I-didn't-think-about before living in an RV: we have a great balcony with a great view. OK, it's our RV roof, but the "great view" part is true. Our park is situated right next to a semi-pro baseball park (Boise Hawks, a farm team for the Colorado Rockies) so we have front-row seats … Continue reading Views From the Roof

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    joannerambling on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    I am pleased you are improving, me I am feeling not the best but I expect that is the heat…

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    Justin Stanelle on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    You reminded me of how I used to watch The Price is Right when I stayed home sick from school.…

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    CBD Flex on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

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    Vero on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    Glad the cold was short-lived!

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    Kana Smith on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 18, 2025

    I had the same thought---thank goodness I got sick NOW and not then!

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