(Blue girl meets blue bear)
I’m a poser. This occurred to me the other day, as I watched myself stubbornly schlepping through a hot summer week with a backpack full of not just water bottles, first aid kit, wallet, camera and cellphone, but also my journal, a field guide on edible wild plants, a copy [...]

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(Look, the Poppins kids and the Relaxed homeskooler kids brought together on a hazy hot day of zoo fun)
Thank goodness there is no manual on blogging,(how silly of me, of course there is! )but anyway, thank goodness I skipped reading it because I’m sure it would advise me not to meet my blogging friends in [...]

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(Make the little robot clean my house please, boys! What? The battery is dead? Crikey, just like all of the dang robots at my house!”
Today, after years of lip service to the future, we finally got to go there and see what it’s all about. I’ve learned much and the number one lesson I take [...]

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I like to travel. My people are nomads. I’ve only ever lived in one place for 6 years at the most, and it’s the place I’m in now. 2 years is usually the max for me. I like to keep moving, see new towns, countries, regions. I like to sample local cuisines. One of the [...]

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(Just yesterday we were lacing up the maypole. Now it’s all summerish. Yippe!)
And what bespeaks summer more than a giant book? For me, summer has always meant more time to laze about and read. This doesn’t always translate to reality, but I try. Now with the kids, I could be accused of trying too hard. [...]

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(Lovely Columbine from Wisconsin where we camped recently…not from Colorado)
Okay, I haven’t vanished. I just went on vacation and didn’t have a moment to blog. But we’re home now from Colorado and raring to catch you up on happenings, stories, pictures, etc….but for now, since I haven’t even unpacked, I’d just like to say to [...]

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So, we walked to the library yesterday to return some books. It was a very hot walk. When we arrived, my kids sat in the children’s section and picked up some books, which they perused calmly. They made a nice little stack of books they wanted to take out. The end.
The truth is, you should [...]

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(escargot? Snail shell collection form the weekend campout)
Disclaimer- If you live in Wicker Park, or in any lively city, and are about to read this, please keep in mind that I usually write these sort of things to indict myself on how lame I am and how I’ve changed and become uncool. With that territory [...]

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I went birding with a friend this past weekend. Just her and I! And 5 to 10 hardcore birders skulking around in the “magic hedge”. For real. It was the end of migration season, and my friend, a serious birder, wanted to show me what it was all about. Now, I’ve been birding before, [...]

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