Author: Emily Sara Smucker
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You’ve Been Skunked!
It happened at midnight. I was about to go to sleep when suddenly, the good sweet country air was replaced by the sour cloying scent of skunk. It is difficult to describe how strong the smell was, but it was bad. The chemicals began to burn my throat. Jenny’s bedroom door slammed, and I met…
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Finding Beauty
I’ve lived in Oregon for 75% of my life. I know it’s pretty. But like gum stains on the Walmart parking lot or graffiti on boxcars, at some point things become so commonplace that I don’t really notice them anymore. (This may also be due to the fact that approximately half of my life is…
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Stop Being Rude to Single People: A Response
Yesterday, Shasta’s Fog wrote a blog post about what it’s like to be single in a Mennonite community. It has since gone “Menno-viral” and stirred up some controversy. This blog post is a response to that blog post. In my opinion, here’s why I think her article is important, and how I think it should…
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MOP April 17: A Few Things I Dislike about the Internet
Complaining about technology/the internet/smartphones seems to be the latest trend. Of course there’s irony in the fact that most of these complaints happen ON the internet. Also, most of the complaints center on the way that virtual communication is destroying real, face-to-face communication. Or the way that people project fake versions of themselves online in…
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MOP April 15: Emily and Jenny Review a Book
“Hey Jenny, I have an idea!” I said. “Yes?” she asked, warily. “Let’s do a video book review of…” I scanned the stack of books she had recently borrowed from me. “Once On a Time!” “Hmm…well…” “Come on, we’ll make a really short video that doesn’t need to be edited. And we’ll take turns talking…
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MOP April 13: The Unwinnable Contest
I was the one who came up with the idea to do a Month of Posting. Me, Emily Sara Smucker, the Girl in the Red Rubber Boots. But it wasn’t long before I was merely riding the coattails of my mother’s and sister’s successes. First, Mom posted about discrimination and religion. Then, Jenny posted about…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 