growing up

I Remember Singing With Katie, in 10th Grade [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhKJcTgmgI] I remember listening to this 10,000 Maniacs song over and over and over with my best friend Katie, and us trying to get the harmony just right. We loved this song because it was so 1995, and the words are pretty. It reminded us that, well, we were making memories. These are the days, […] Jenelle One response September 9, 2008
I Remember the Early 80’s I remember the early 1980s. We lived in Schenectady, New York. I needed my “silkie” blanket to fall asleep, and my thumb pacified me. I was afraid of the sound of sirens. I wasn’t afraid to spell my entire last name (eleven letters and one apostrophe!) to get my first library card. I loved walking […] Jenelle 2 responses September 2, 2008
To Tell the Truth When I come home to my parents house, on some nights I stay up very late and I consume an entire box of Kraft Mac-n-Cheese. I did so tonight, in fact. And God saw it. And it was good. I’m not certain, but I think such things makes me feel as if I am somehow […] Jenelle 2 responses July 6, 2008
“Suddenly Everything Has Changed” I am almost twenty eight and one half years old. I’ve realized some things have changed, these days. + I have learned how nice it is to go to sleep early. I find that I dream in technicolor more when I do that. My dreams are such a riot that I don’t really bother watching […] Jenelle 2 responses May 14, 2008
day twenty-five. Jenelle One response February 25, 2008
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When it Rains in My City When it rains, I must ask others to drive me to work. On days when the rain comes suddenly, they give my bike a ride, too. I like the rainy day car conversations. They come as unexpectedly as the rain. We sit and squint through the wipers in the front seat, and the periwinkle Schwinn […] Jenelle 2 responses January 24, 2008
There’s Something About Mary – Synchroblog I didn’t grow up saying “hail Mary”s. Most little Italian girls did, but I didn’t. (I grew up hailing Twila Paris and Amy Grant, you could say.) It took me a while to understand what those beaded necklacy-things were that my Catholic relatives had, too. When I studied in Rome in 1999, my favorite place […] Jenelle 11 responses December 12, 2007
Post-finals Considerations I think entropy has something to do with this mess. But I am no physicist. Jenelle One response December 9, 2007
Streams for Sunday: Wake Her Next time I post I’ll be a little old lady in Pasadena. Jenelle 6 responses September 30, 2007
And You Turn Yourself Around “Hello,” said Jenelle will be undergoing some turns and revisions in the coming days. This blog’s 1st birthday is somewhere around now, so I’m putting a new dress on her. (She does the hokey pokey and she turns herself around.) In the meantime, you are hereby poked by me to share your most immediate memory […] Jenelle 4 responses August 15, 2007
Three’s A Crowd My dentist says I have three tiny cavities. Oh dear. Too many cupcakes. The smiling news is that it won’t hurt to fill ’em. And it’ll only cost me $20. I’m very happy I decided to sign-up for the dental health plan, ma’am. I sat down in the check-up chair and felt compelled to confess […] Jenelle 12 responses June 27, 2007