(Volo Bog-can you see how people and animals might have walked right in it to get themselves accidentally mummified?)
Teeny confession; I was/am and education major with an English minor. I love all things literature. But all of my life I have been a little shy of approaching poetry. Its structure was a bit intimidating and [...]

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As I grocery shopped for our camping trip last weekend, it dawned on me that my children were getting to the age where one might expect them to entertain themselves amongst friends for awhile without a parent hovering about every moment. So, in a hopeful mood, I picked up the cheapest magazine I could find, [...]

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(During the interview)
Shakespeare Souffle #20 is available for all who yearn to hear of our 3.5 seconds of fame odyssey. In a nutshell, we were interviewed by the local news for a report they were doing on podcasting. Well, listen to the podcast for the whole story and if you are related to us you [...]

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(”Look ma, I’ve got a handle. Now you can just carry me and stuff around )
Which accoutrement speaks volumes about you? Why, every woman and every youngster knows, it is all in the bag. Do you carry a big floppy handbag woven in Guatemala? Or perhaps a snakeskin clutch? How about a huge honking backpack [...]

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(Remember camp? Doesn’t this scene of a dappled ground resplendent with campfire ring make you want to dig out your old Star Wars sleeping bag?)
Ready for some (Not) Back to School fun?! Need some books to prepare them for not returning to school? Are you prepared with lots of cool recipes to not pack in [...]

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(The aromatic Chicago river!)
Today, my eldest and I had “the talk.” Not the one about babies, but the one that we seem to have 2 or 3 times a week since she was born. I have, until very recently, associated this talk with my bad homeschooling technique (as in, ‘I’m too lenient on her, I [...]

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Been readin’ poetry every day to the kids….thought it would be weird, but it turns out it is inspiring. Poems have been written on their own over here. Discusssions have cropped up. We especially like this one. It’s not Longfellow, but the words got to us, since the rushing about is a symptom of [...]

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On the topic of reality shows…well, there’s not a whole lot left to say. While I was just even processing the whole message here
there were talks going on over at Andrea’s, Ron’s and Todd’s blogs. I guess the first thing I thought of (and this is a sad indicator of how centered around children’s [...]

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