Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
On Mondays I have to drive my daughter to the school for her drum lesson, then turn right around and bring Kiddo#3 back to the bus stop for when the school opens half an hour later. I sometimes make the…
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On Saturday, I heard that my favorite author had died. Rest in peace, Diana Wynne Jones. May perpetual light shine upon her. On March 2nd, I had a very strong urge to write fan mail to Diana Wynne Jones, to…
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The first update regards our squirrel who moved house. One week after I saw the mom squirrel moving her babies to a nest in another tree, I returned to the same spot and looked up to find…the original tree had…
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To continue yesterday’s Weird Al thread, while I was scanning my iTunes library to find Weird Al songs my daughter might like to hear, she suddenly said, “Christmas At Ground Zero?” Not thinking about it, I clicked on the song….
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On Monday, we had work done on our house. I’m not going to specify what kind of work, but I will say the organization is national and prides itself on customer service. They arrived exactly at eight and were out…
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As a rule I don’t pay attention to company logos. Madison Avenue will say they’re more powerful that way because they work their way into your unconscious by use of symbols you don’t really pay attention to. And that’s why…
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This morning at Christmas Mass, I had the thought that Jesus had it pretty easy the first Christmas. When the priest talked about how the stress and preparations of Christmas can get in the way of experiencing the holiday, I…
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After deciding I was having a crisis of executive functioning, I went on a declutter spree. The “crisis of executive functioning” part means I’m beginning to feel as if at any moment I may spontaneously forget every important thing I…
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I’m now a semi-regular blogger over at the QueryTracker blog, and I was supposed to be answering reader questions, but I blew it. Instead I told a story you may have heard from me before if you’re on one of…
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Remember when I told you about the literary pause? Well, last week I hit a literary roadblock on my string quartet novel, and it’s still quite blocked. I’ve narrowed down the problem to this: my main character (Joey) changed a…
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