Today’s troubling realizations (offered as distraction from swine flu and economy)…
Archive for April, 2009
more inconvenient truths
Posted in something important, I'm sure on April 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
always check the couch cushions
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, tagged cat, icanhascheezburger.com on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Normally I only post my own photography (other than guest author pics, etc.) Today is an exception, since this one from icanhascheezburger.com so perfectly captures what Big D and I have said for years:
day at the museum
Posted in Motherhood, Photography, Writing, tagged ASTC Passport Program, Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, museums on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On a recent trip to Chicago, we had the opportunity to visit some incredible museums. It was not quite the famed Million Museum March of family lore, but we packed a lot into a couple days. This handsome fellow graced the atrium of the Field Museum of Natural History. Turns out our local museum center [...]
{Books to Ponder} April
Posted in good reads, tagged Anne Lamott, Christina Katz, J.A. Konrath, Jack Kilborn, Maria Bailey, Nora Ephron, The Ultimate Mom on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Current Reads: Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott And, of course, since I had read the story that I wrote but not the other 257 pages: The Ultimate Mom, an anthology by Maria Bailey (I’ve heard the story on page 34 is worth a look) Recently read: Whiskey Sour, J.A. Konrath 1/2 page of Afraid, Jack Kilborn [...]
say it isn’t so
Posted in good reads, tagged Lake Wobegon on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Maybe I’ve been exposed to way too many scary books lately, but the world just seems more ominious of late. Even the placid safe haven of Lake Wobegon has not been spared…
the rest of the story…
Posted in Writing, tagged guest blogger, lego robotics on April 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Earlier, I wrote a post on my rookie experience as a lego robotics team coach. Now, we hear the rest of the story! I am so pleased to share the work of my first guest blogger, The Professor. He wrote a personal narrative about a memorable moment in his life. The experience left an impact [...]
Kilborn conniption
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Writing, tagged Afraid, book tour, dog, Jack Kilborn, Joe Konrath on April 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Jack Kilborn paid a visit to our house, and our dog had a conniption. As usual, my adventures with this intrepid author-on-a-mission started out innocently enough. He had blogged about his upcoming “book tour on a budget”, repeating his 2006 grass roots marketing, manically ambitious yet cunningly practical, value added, trend-setting 600+ bookstore book signing [...]
be free
Posted in something important, I'm sure, tagged community, freecycle, recycle, reduce. reuse on April 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Our old sport net/soccer goal/baseball backstop thingy is on its way to a new home. It is old, worn, and sure not pretty; we received it second hand from a friend five years ago. But it still has some life in it, some usefulness to someone, so it will not fill our landfill – yet. [...]
noo food, same rool
Posted in Foodies, Motherhood, tagged breakfast, froot loops on April 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Remember the old rule, never eat anything bigger than your head? *?* It does NOT apply when Grammy makes Froot Loops for breakfast. * Note to self: The descriptive product name FROOT Loops gives the big clue that this breakfast cereal can only be “part of a nutritious breakfast” if served with steel cut oats, [...]
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