Author: Moni

  • Roll 9 – in which I find courage

    Originally posted on 52 rolls: When I woke up on Sunday morning it was a beautiful day. My original plan for the day was to do housework, but I couldn’t waste the sunshine on housework. I needed to get out there with my camera. I polled Twitter for which camera I should take, my Yashica…

  • An imagined conversation with my fake grandchild in the future

    There was once this place called “the real world” where, when you looked up, you would see clouds in a blue sky. Or a vast sea of stars. There was a sea. There were beaches and you could walk barefoot on those beaches and feel the warmth of the sand between your toes. There were…

  • six years ago I was hit by a car.

    That was a weird experience. As the years go by my fear from that experience lessens. I have almost kind of forgotten about it. The memory of it feels like a fuzzy dream. I wrote a blog post about the experience later on that day.  I wasn’t injured at all. I was very very lucky,…

  • Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: Oregon City is an interesting little place to visit. Established in 1845, it was the first established city west of the Rocky Mountains (according to Wikipedia). There is lots of history and it is, generally, a fun place to wander around. Apparently, this town is haunted, but I have yet…

  • The “I hate Carol” club.

    I wrote this post on November 19th, 2009. Today I was reminded of this childhood experience and thought I’d repost.   When I was in 3rd grade, one afternoon on the playground, the girls in my class formed the, “I hate Carol club.” I’m not sure why. Carol was a friend of ours. We all…