Viveca juggling five balls at Congress of Jugglers 2010

How I Started Juggling

In January, we piloted a program I had developed to introduce elementary school children to classical…

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Emmett Kelly sad clown

Flamingo Foils Failure

I remember many moons ago when I was new to this work, attending this horrid event…

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cat bike (son)

Meow!

Yesterday I spent the morning wrangling cats for a corporate event in Grand Central. Housecats. Eight…

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Window

A: Inwood-207th Street, Manhattan

Thursday February 3, 2011 The idea had been hanging over my head for years. I was…

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Carmine crew at Edinburgh Castle

Scotland, Belgium, Netherlands 1998

August 1998 The vacation was amazing. For those of you who are familiar with my travel…

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trash can

Taking Out the Trash

One day my shower curtain rod buckled. It just did; I don’t think the shower curtain…

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lunch

Lunchtime

Today I went to the Empire State Building for lunch. In the faux-French fast food franchise,…

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Volunteer needs 2

Day Four

Friday, 14 September 2001 Today all day I’ve been meaning to write a rant about what…

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Twin Towers of World Trade Center

Day Three

Thursday, 13 September 2001 10:00 a.m. Not much to report personally today. Yet. And I hope.…

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Twin Towers of World Trade Center

Day Two

Wednesday, 12 September 2001 Eventually I couldn’t watch anymore, and since my throat was sore from…

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