The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

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  • Castle Books

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    Recently I made a startling discovery: Books with the word “castle” in the title are extremely likely to be VERY good books, the kind that I will want to re-read multiple times, keep on my bookshelf, and recommend to my grandchildren. Example #1: I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith This is a story about…

  • Believing vs. Doing

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    There is this guy in my sociology class. Just by looking at him I could tell what kind of person he is. Conservative Christian. Republican. Probably a good chance he was home schooled. Kind of geeky. And every time he opens his mouth, he confirms my opinions of him. He opens his mouth a lot.…

  • I Am Alice

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    I felt like Alice in Wonderland as I stood in the hallway of the big Victorian house, beside my friend Lucia, who looked like a boy but wore a dress. There was a cake on the table. It was covered in blue icing, and there was a sign on it that said “Eat Me.” Lucia…

  • Why I am in College

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    Every once in a while, a professor will ask, “why are you in college?” The students always answer, “To get a better job. To get more money.” Recently I realized with a giggle that I am going to college in order to become poor. Despite my writing ambitions I am quite resigned to the fact…

  • Sleeping Beauty, I am.

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    I am tired all the time. Recently, it has occurred tome that this is NOT NORMAL. During December I tried to work at Grocery Depot. After four-ish hours I would get so tired that my eyes had trouble focusing, and I would move sluggishly. My head would say, “Okay Emily. Pick up the box of…

  • Convention Update #3

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    Group Bible Speaking has a command performance tonight!!! I am so proud!! Poor Alicia fell down while running the 200m this morning. At first I thought she had just slipped, but no, her legs just gave out. Poor thing. She sliced up her knee, so I’m not sure how she is going to fall down…

  • Convention Update #2

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    Yesterday, we discovered that Steven had come to convention with only one dress shoe. Oops. I texted Mom and said, “If you find a ride for Steven’s shoe, please send up my swimsuit.” Because there is a swimming pool here at our hotel. Today, after hours and hours of judging platform events, we finally got…

  • Convention Update #1

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    I finally found my internet! Yay! Right now I’m a sponsor at the ACE Regional Student Convention. Actually, RIGHT NOW I am a judge for platform events. What a busy crazy life. The student did AMAZING on their singing of “Prepare Ye” last night. Wow. I got shivers. Will they win? I don’t know, but…

  • The Day I Fell in Love with Fairy Tales

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    Some things, like frothy pale green dresses, I have loved for as long as I can remember. Others, like granny smith apples, I learned to love gradually. But there are a few things in life that I remember exactly, very specifically, when I fell in love. One of those things is fairy tales. When I…

  • March Moodiness

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    Oh, the pressure of realizing that you are publishing you’re 500’th blog post. What can I say that is witty enough, and monumental enough, and enough enough? I haven’t been posting, and I’ve blamed it on the fact that my next post was going to be THE 500’th post. Of my life. In reality, I…