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Alyssa's Lagniappe: Living is Hard: Podcast on Traversing Transition, Climbing Mount St. Helens and Loving People.
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Thursday, August 29, 2013. Living is Hard: Podcast on Traversing Transition, Climbing Mount St. Helens and Loving People. Mt Adams as seen from Mt. St. Helens August 2013. Normally, I would have written out a blog post about my climbing Mt. St. Helens and it applications to EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE, instead, thanks to technology and friends who wield it, I am sharing this story audibly. To listen, click here: The Groves - August 25th, 2013.
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: April 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Friday, April 26, 2013. A Pansy among Impatiens Portland, Ore. August 2011. You and I are different. That’s for certain. We grew up in different places. We watch different TV shows. We listen to different music. But we are equal. We are equal because each of us has made poor choices and in doing so has failed at loving God, other people, and ourselves well. What if we admitted to and owned those differences? What if we talked about those di...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: December 2012
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Monday, December 10, 2012. Remembering That I Forget. My Christmas Tree Portland, Oregon 2012. I live in that magical land where Christmas trees grow. Oregon is the nation’s biggest producer of Christmas trees and harvested over 6 million in 2011. As soon as I stepped out of the vehicle and onto the parking lot, I knew I made the right decision. The smell of Fir trees enveloped me and I shouted, “I LOVE CHRISTMAS TREES! I believe that human...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: Just Call Me Ms.McFeely - Speedy Delivery*
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Monday, September 9, 2013. Just Call Me Ms.McFeely - Speedy Delivery*. October 2011 First US Post Office Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It’s not in my nature to wake up at 5 AM. It’s also not in my nature to willingly take on something that I’m not absolutely positive that I’ll be fairly exceptional. It’s all wrapped up together really: fear of failure and pride. Because what am I afraid of? And let me tell you, it’s hard work. His r...For 6 s...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: August 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Thursday, August 29, 2013. Living is Hard: Podcast on Traversing Transition, Climbing Mount St. Helens and Loving People. Mt Adams as seen from Mt. St. Helens August 2013. Normally, I would have written out a blog post about my climbing Mt. St. Helens and it applications to EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE, instead, thanks to technology and friends who wield it, I am sharing this story audibly. To listen, click here: The Groves - August 25th, 2013.
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: November 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Saturday, November 23, 2013. Thanks For Being Lost. Sorry I haven’t written in a while, I’ve been lost. When I started delivering mail for the USPS I spent a few weeks in a super hilly, sorta windy road, neighborhood. I was lost a lot. On the first day, in the middle of a neighborhood, around one in the afternoon, I stopped and yelled, “JESUS! I DON’T LIKE THIS! 8221; And then, after a bit, "Help me. Please.". For the next week, I was const...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: July 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Friday, July 19, 2013. Lessons of Love: Start with a Smile. Downtown Portland is filled with people who want something from you. Residents of this economically diverse neighborhood will encounter at minimum three requests a day for something from them. Consequently, residents of this neighborhood don’t look up. They don’t make eye contact. They don’t engage with one another. Yet, every day when I leave my apartment, I try to smile at everyo...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: June 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Friday, June 21, 2013. Boromir and the Portland Summer. When spring officially faded into summer on Thursday evening I was walking through the South Park Blocks listening to The Classic Crime. It’s a song about loving a city and loving living in it. 8220;People can't get enough. Of living in the darkness and the rain. But when the sun comes out. The streets are filled with songs. And people playing it loud. In late February we don’t t...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: USPS: The First Five Months
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Thursday, February 6, 2014. USPS: The First Five Months. I've worked for over five months as a Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service. For starters, I spent the week before Thanksgiving until the week after Christmas walking 13 miles in a hilly neighborhood carrying 20 to 40 pounds of holiday parcels and paper in snow, sleet, hail and 20 degree temperatures. I hit nothing and no one died, WIN! I’ve NOT been bitten by a do...
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Alyssa's Lagniappe: May 2013
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La·gniappe: lan-yap a little something extra: what this blog is. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Office: Finding Comedy In the Midst of Tragedy. The Office: My Favorite. This week a natural disaster devastated a community. I know what that feels like. It feels absolutely horrible. This week I was going to write an entry about what The Office. Meant to me during my long recovery from Hurricane Rita. When I saw the devastation in Oklahoma, I reconsidered. 8221; So here I go:. Was in its second season and my fri...