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asleep, surrounded by things that don't2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been sleeping on a new mattress. No squeaks, no crater in the middle yet.  It’s one … more →

Tags: Haiku, Introversion, mattress, wrist watch

I didn't even know she was coming over4 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 9 months ago: When you consider that I took French classes for seven years between middle school and my freshman y … more →

Tags: French, french onion soup, Jane Kenyon

plus, the males have bright red toupees

Kari Stiansen wrote 10 months ago: My grandmother gave me a suet bird feeder for Christmas.  Chickadee can't believe his good fortu … more →

Tags: chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Maternal Instinct, Suet birdfeeder

a kitchen table of knotted wood1 comment

Kari Stiansen wrote 12 months ago: Crunch.  Step.                   Crunch. Step. My left foot is crunching on dry brown leaves and fro … more →

better when broken into simplest form2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: A couple weeks ago my power went out in the middle of the night.  When I left for work the following … more →

finding other things to do than goal setting2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: The very first word that I remember reading was “FREE.”  I flipped out and made sure tha … more →

this is your chance to run an intervention5 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: A girl really only needs one guitar.                  It’s all she can play at once.  The only … more →

ignore the toothpaste and believe me that I'm changing7 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: I found a sun drenched pond yesterday.  Dragon flies zipped across the surface and aquatic bugs were … more →

Tags: anxiety, cowardly lion, Grief, healing, toad, toothpaste

blackout? shmackout!2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: It was about a year ago that I was locked inside a Target store.  Inside.  In the dark.  With other … more →

Towels 'n Crap living up to it's name2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: A long time ago I decided that the store Linens ‘n Things would be better called “Towels … more →

who am I and what am I doing?2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: Between May 24th and May 27th I moved into a new place and started a new job.  That means I wake up … more →

Tags: New Job, Human Resources, Moving

fleeing the stench of the past five years6 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: The very first post that I wrote was about the stinky egg-sulfur smell that hangs over where I live. … more →

freakishly reflective middle fingers5 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: I was walking quickly through the mall.  I had been searching for an ATM, so I had tunnel vision on  … more →

Tags: cottage cheese, manicure

glassy eyed dreams of lawn mowing4 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: It’s twilight on a summer’s night and the shadows are long.  Within the hour fireflies will start as … more →

Tags: lawn mowing, fire flies, Bees

saturday morning water torture2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: Tink Tink Tink The sound of hard rain on my wall unit air conditioner signals the beginning of warm … more →

Tags: Water Torture, Coffee, Sleeplessness

the perpetual battle imprinted on my kitchen cupboard1 comment

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: When I sit in my livingroom, I look directly at my kitchen cupboards.  I have a lot of cupboards for … more →

laughing-without-smiling1 comment

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: Tonight I discovered a new internet sensation where people take videos of themselves laughing-withou … more →

standing near dead fish is preferred8 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: I know that closing my eyes doesn’t make trouble go away, but in a crowded Walmart I allow mys … more →

Tags: Social Anxiety, Walmart, Fish, ruby slippers

the golden girls and other tv taboos2 comments

Kari Stiansen wrote 1 year ago: Growing up, my sisters and I had a limited television roster.  We were allowed to watch cartoons, La … more →


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