Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Books, Art, Creativity
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I realized today that I haven’t put any new stickers on my cello case in years. The last sticker I put on it was for an organization my dad worked with in Kazakstan in the late 90s. Today I noticed it was getting a bit frayed around the edges so I added some Jetpack stickers…
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While looking through some pictures of a recent outing I noticed this picture. At first, I thought, oh, geez, it’s blurry and overly bright. Then I took a second look and thought, wow, that’s actually kind of cool. I love the light, and while I wish I had the know how to tone it down, I…
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My kids mixed a rainbow for my kitchen window. It’s so pretty, don’t you think?
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On my recent trip to Buenos Aires, I visited a vibrant street market that ended at a plaza called San Telmo. The treasures were endless. I only wish I needed a cassette tape wallet because I totally would have bought one: There were rotary phones every few vendors. A guy with a coke bottle in…
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Having my hand drawn
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My son is making hard tack. I believe he means to eat it.
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When I was in high school I took a class that was such a snoozer. The professor was a nice enough human, but he hadn’t the slightest idea how to engage a classroom of 16 teenagers. He did have a pretty good idea how to bore us to death though. Every day we’d show up in class,…
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While I am in the mood to confess things, I’ll out this tidbit to the world: I love reading Jane Austen fanfiction. Yeah, don’t judge. Thing is, for most peple, it’s enough to know that Elizabeth and Darcy, Emma and Knightly, Anne and Frederick, end up married and live happily ever after at the end.…
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I know it’s not Christmas and Christmas is when people think of Handel’s Messiah. I like to be different, I guess. I was just recalling going to hear Handel’s Messiah in December for the first time in I can’t remember how long, but possibly 20 years. I guess time flies when you’re having fun. The…
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One of the recognizable touristy things in Panama are the colorful buses. They aren’t as common in Panama City as they used to be, but are still all over the Colon side of the country. I saw this one yesterday in a town called Puerto Pino. Under the beautiful painting of animals is written “The…
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Artwork seen in the bathroom of a coffee shop in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Speaking of Christmas traditions, I’ve painted the windows in my house since I was about 12. The first window I remember was a large square window our front door in our house in Sabanitas, Colon, Panama. My sister and I had to perch on a ladder to do the job. I wish I had pics,…