These are the lost children, one of many local celebrity graves in these parts. To read more about their sad ending, visit here. People are really drawn to this one because the artist has somehow captured their forlorness. At the same time (and I may be just making this up) I seem to recall that [...]

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(Maize, the bringer of good things, and also perhaps a big allergen to my youngest. )
I have this memory of a day in my life, when I was 17, that I want to share with you. Here goes. I woke up at 8am and went downstairs to my usual awesome breakfast spread, which included rolls [...]

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I have some observations to make about Halloween. First, I’d like to note that it is my favorite holiday, at least until December. Once I start unloading the box of ornaments and humming carols I sometimes do a turncoat number on Halloween. But if you asked any other month of the year I’d say Halloween. [...]

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(At the carwash, woah ew oh ew oh ew woah)
I’ll fess up. The computer has not yet croaked, even though Ken still seems to be dreaming of it’s demise so he can get a new one. The reason I haven’t been around much is because I seem to have traded in my creative spirit for [...]

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(The dance of the belly continues around here….this is the only pic I could get where she wasn’t a blur)
This is a public blog announcement. The computer system which runs this blog, (and also our podcasts) is being wonky. The man who fixes computers assures me that it is the motherboard doing this and all [...]

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(Aren’t we cute? Do you know how many of these photbooths exist on the planet still?)
It is a very good sign that I had 5 minutes to ego-surf a bit tonight. Haven’t done that in ages. But that is when I stumbled upon this.
Wow. Now I can read my own words, as translated by a [...]

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And now for a tale of Columbus Day quaintness. Did we make boats out of toilet paper tubes? No. Did we do an edifying crossword puzzle on 1492? No. Did we use this day (when every other kid is off) to go to the museum and learn about explorers through the ages? Heck no! We [...]

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(Ken has been painting watercolors with the kids)
Rather than writing 4 separate entries today, I’m letting the worlds collide. Here’s an excerpt from my personal journal.
It’s warm and windy. Leaves are floating off of their trees ever so lightly now as the freight train slowly chugs by. The kids are upstairs trying out [...]

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