Tag Archives: randomnation

Feb 2010

Sight of violin sparks memories of early childhood experiences

Looking around in the orchestra room, you spot an old violin coated with sticky residue from rosin. Play it and you’ll find yourself enjoying one scratchy tune. Look out world, it’s Violet. Violet and I have been together since 5th grade. I started violin in fourth grade and my mom got me a rental. Though [...]

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Jan 2010

Randomnation: Sledding fails to meet expectations

“Whoa, Ijeoma, are you okay?” As I lay face first in the snow I wondered how all this began: “Hey, Ijeoma, it’s Grace. Do you want to go sledding tomorrow?” Sledding, I thought, excitement! I’ve never been sledding before in my life.  In fact, I have been sheltered for the majority of my life, not [...]

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