The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Author: Emily Sara Smucker

  • The Obsession of Avoiding Stupidity

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    Do you remember how it feels when they find out that you’re actually stupid? I do. I remember the day they discovered that I didn’t know where Honolulu was. When they found out that I didn’t know the freezing temperature of water. When they snickered in the corner because I thought that a bacon cheeseburger…

  • Abandon me in Bandon

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    I will never get tired of the ocean. It gets me every time, like a whisper saying “you belong here.” Of course I’ve been to the ocean many many times, but this weekend my youth group switched it up a bit and went camping in Bandon, further south than the beaches we normally visit. It…

  • Why I Hate Personality Tests

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    …It’s not because I don’t like putting people in boxes. I love putting people in boxes. I do it all the time. No. I hate personality tests because they put people in two-dimensional boxes instead of three-dimensional boxes. You are either introverted, extroverted, or somewhere in the middle. You are either rational, emotional, or somewhere…

  • A Post Written (and drawn) Longhand

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  • Things

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    The world feels eerily apocalyptic to me. Everything happened in one long weekend. A wedding of a dear friend. Visiting a cousin in the hospital after a major surgery. Another dear friend collapsing suddenly from diabetes and spending days in the ICU. The Pacific Northwest burning and burning, filling the skies with a melancholy haze.…

  • Busy

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    There are times in life when I am so busy that a sustained routine is all that keeps me going. I get up at the same time every morning. I eat the same thing for breakfast. I wear all the uncomfortable underwear in the back of my underwear drawer so that I don’t have to…

  • Article about Farming

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    My mother wrote an article for our local newspaper about farming, which captured many of the feelings I’ve felt during the past few weeks as I’ve been caught up in farm work. Read it on the newspaper’s website here, or on my mom’s blog here.

  • Thoughts from the Tractor: A Gift vs. A Brand

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    A couple years ago I took an Oral Interpretations class, mostly because I liked the teacher. The class was basically about how to read out loud well. We recited poetry, dramatic monologues, and radio programs, and had a good time in general. The teacher, Ms. Ivey, gave us this piece of advice to combat public…

  • How to make a Head Covering from a Vintage Handkerchief: A Tutorial

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    Have you ever picked up a vintage handkerchief at a garage sale, and tried to use it as a bandana-style head covering, only to find it much too small? No? You blew your nose in it instead? Well I tried to use them as head coverings, because they are so cool and vintage-looking. I found…

  • Guest Posting

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    Hey guys! I did a guest post for Asher Witmer’s blog today. I wrote the story of how I learned to love learning, and about how changes come into our life through difficult times. You can read it here. Enjoy!