Posts by Carol Ross
Immersion
We have been immersed in the news glut of Katrina for about a week now. Every newscast, every paper, every media-related website reports something about Katrina, every day. Even the images that automatically download when I start up Real Audio each morning display something about Katrina. I’m reminded of the Columbine tragedy (BTW—what constitutes a…
Read MoreWhat I’m Noticing
My apologies in advance for the long posting. Sometimes, when stuff piles up inside, there’s a lot to say when I start writing…. I’ve been waiting until today to blog about Katrina. It’s been hard to make sense of it. Like the proverbial onion that has many layers, each day seems to bring another layer…
Read MoreWhen You Get a “Q” without a “U”
I played the word game, Scrabble, with my husband last week. It had been years since we played, just the two of us, mano a mano. We both love word games and are competitive. We each have taken so long on a turn, hoping to eek out a few extra points with a better word,…
Read MoreWill The Real Carol Ross Please Stand Up?
Middle of the night web-surfing can be fun (no, I’m not talking about looking at pictures of naked people…) I googled myself tonight. You know–putting my name into Google and seeing what comes up. I used to get annoyed when I saw all these other people named Carol Ross who came up before my listing.…
Read MoreNow If Only the Post Office Would Take Note
I was at the PostNet store down the street this past week. I was in a hurry, on my way to an appointment, and needed to get two packages sent with tracking numbers. The clerk, named Rico, looked at the two packages and told me immediately that one of the packages needed to be re-wrapped.…
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