Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
On a recent foray to the Dangerous Store of Dangerosity (not to be confused with the Yarn Store, where I also flirt with financial and space-related danger) I found a product I’ve never seen before…and likely will never see again….
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Back when I had Kiddo#1, I liked reading medical-type documents even though I’ve never worked in medicine. I’d learned from my mother not to just accept a doctor’s word for things and (unfortunately) my experience with doctors had borne out…
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“One of the problems with the internet is that a lot of quotes are misattributed.” -Abraham Lincoln Happy Thanksgiving Day to my US-based readers! This morning at church we heard the Thanksgiving proclamation written by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and…
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In one of the neighboring towns I found placards lining the road, begging us to spare their scenic neighborhood from the _______ Power Plant. Curious, I googled it to discover someone wanted to take some unused farm acreage and fill…
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On Twitter over the weekend, someone tweeted a statement opining that people who donate to Occupy Wall Street but have never donated to a food pantry, soup kitchen or homeless shelter are hypocrites. Yes, Twitter is the place where people…
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A friend of mine lost her wedding ring while Trick-or-Treating, so I’ve been walking the block at a slow pace, head down, searching for it. (She found it a couple of days later.) While walking, I found myself in this…
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Kiddo#2 has me singing the preamble to the US Constitution (ala Schoolhouse Rock) because she has to memorize it for school. This morning I was biking into the next town while trying the “sing test” and concluded that I can…
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I was en route to preschool pickup when I saw it in a pile of stuff marked FREE. A Gund Snuffles. I’d know that face anywhere. I actually stopped the car in the middle of the road, but then I…
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I cannot remember how it came up. Maybe Kiddo#2 asked me what Nazis were. Maybe she wanted to know why countries just didn’t decide to have peace. She’s in fifth grade. By the time I was in fifth grade, we’d…
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The Moody Blues’ “Nights In White Satin” has a line that says “Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.” I find that both empowering and frightening, taken in the context of eternity, of free will….
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