http://katie.icbloggers.com Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:44:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Thus Wendy first laid eyes on the dark figure who haunted her stories. And she was not afraid, but entranced."       It's been eight years.  Eight years ago today, I received an e-mail that bit deeper into my soul than anything ever has.  And whether you know it or not, you've been feeling ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2008/03/on-forgivness-and-reconciliation/ This week is just oozing culture.    Saturday is the "American Voices" concert (which I'm performing in) at the IMA; tonight, I'm going to see an old friend perform in an IU production of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure", and last night, I went to see the Pike High School production of ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2007/11/high-school-musical/ What is it about human nature that makes us rise up against "slander" to defend ourselves?  Everybody gets talked badly about at some point; everyone probably talks badly about someone else, too, but we rarely get offended until the target is us.  Then we feel the need to "set people ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2007/09/defensiveness-is-defenselessness/ Yes, it has been a while.  So long, in fact, that I don't know who reads this blog anymore... if anyone reads it anymore.  Perhaps that's just as well. Today, I have a story to tell. Once upon a time, I had a friend.  We were the best of friends.  We did everything that ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2007/07/been-awhile/ ...is the Beethoven festival with the ISO. :)  All through January, the ISO will be performing various works of Beethoven including the 5th & 7th Symphonies and one of the violin concertos, plus chamber music concerts, a film, and luncheon/lectures. :)  I wanna go to all of it!!! But even the ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/11/all-i-want-for-christmas/ Ever since Steve Irwin's death, Animal Planet has been showing as many Crocodile Hunter shows and specials as they can, and yesterday I found myself stopping on one for a while. A team from the Australia Zoo along with some men from the Army were working on getting a croc moved ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/09/lessons-from-the-crocodile-hunter/ Well, I'm a day later putting it up than I'd hoped, but even yesterday would have been late, so... here goes nothin'. :) "We Will Never Forget: 9/11" And the world stood in stunned silence as no one dared to breathe The loss was opressive ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/09/911-poem/ It's been 5 years since that dreaded day, and of course, once more (as on every anniversary since then), I'm remembered "where I was" that day. Here's my story; feel free to share yours: I had class first thing that morning (music major at ISU). My usual routine was ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/09/911-remembered/ Well, I've been a homeowner for a month. ...Wild, isn't it? Minnie's adjusted alright. She's actually quite calm when I'm the only one around. And so far she hasn't chewd up anything she's not supposed to while I've been at work. (One exception: she got into the ... http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/09/one-month-and-counting/ But I want to thank the other bloggers around me out there: Jeff, Mateo, Cris, etc. You make me smile. http://katie.icbloggers.com/2006/07/bad-day-part-2/