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Bat Blood on My Couch

April 27, 2012 by 20 Comments
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Good glory the end is near! There was a bat in my house tonight.  A. BAT! Help me Lord.  This is not funny.  I don't deal well with wild animals, especially wild animals that carry rabies and fly around in the night.  One lone bat could fly into my hair and get lost for a week.  I don't know what I would do if that happened, but lighting my hair on fire would not be too extreme. That bat could have flown into my children's rooms and sucked their very life from their small pumping veins.  Oh, wait.  Maybe that's a vampire. Same difference in my book. Now we don't know how … [Read more...]

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Pie Squared = A Slice of Apple & Cherry

April 26, 2012 by 8 Comments
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I may be smarter than a fifth grader, but I'm definitely not smarter than a sixth grader.  Maybe I can get a refund for all those years I spent in school. My son came home with this math problem tonight and asked me for help.  I looked at it, scratched my head a few times, and talked it through with him...talking things through with him is a secret weapon I employ when I don't know the answer.  Usually once I get him talking, he comes to the correct conclusion himself.  Not this time.  The problem had something to do with pie.  Apple pie or cherry pie?  That's what I wanted to … [Read more...]

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Summer Camp ~ History in the Making

July 27, 2011 by 14 Comments
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When I think of summer camp, visions of team sports, horseback riding, swimming, and muddy clothes fill my mind with bad memories, but today there are as many varieties of summer camp as there are flavors of ice-cream. Last year, my son's history teacher sent us a letter saying she'd like to pay for my son to attend history camp at a historical site in our town.  How sweet is that?  Of course I said yes with thanks.  That camp impressed me so much that I determined to send both my children this year. The camp is only one week long, but my kids were able to make woolen pot holders, … [Read more...]

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Nature’s Materpiece

May 25, 2010 by 11 Comments

"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet & essayist. … [Read more...]

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A Pretty Day

October 10, 2009 by 17 Comments
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Today was a beautiful day. Despite the fact that I fell over a baby gate and onto my face... Even though my jelly doughnut leaked all over my jacket, shirt, jeans, and scarf making me look as though I'd just been stabbed and was now bleeding to death... Although we got a flat and had to purchase two new tires... Yes, today was a pretty day. You enjoying your weekend? A song for you HERE. … [Read more...]

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Museum Blogging

May 14, 2009 by 18 Comments
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Tomorrow evening I'll be blogging live from The American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Is there anything more nerdy I can do with my life? You'd go if you were invited to a sneak preview of this super fabulous exhibit, wouldn't you?  Please tell me I'm not the only nerd in bloggersphere that actually likes going to museums. Besides how can I pass up the chance to see the smallest mammal ever!  I even get to interview a scientist. Perhaps I should look up the definition of a mammal first...just kidding.  I will need an extra shot of caffeine so I don't … [Read more...]

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