(Review by Fi, a ten-year-old)
Star in the Storm-Joan Hiatt Harlow
On a scale from one to ten, ten being the highest, I give this book a 9. it is about a girl who loves her dog. The girl’s name is Maggie and the dog’s name is Sirius, after the brightest star in the sky. The author [...]

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(This kid needs to shoot more fish)
I try not to do reviews too much on here, because I don’t want you to think I can be bought by a little swap or freebie. Because I certainly can’t. But every once in awhile, you are sitting on your duff watching TV with your children far too [...]

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(At this mostly empty beach, a carload of folks showed up, stood nearby and complained, “Well, it’s not Venice beach, Dolores.” “Yup, that’s for sure.” “But it sure as hell beats Atlantic City!” “Hahaha!” I ended up not keeping my big mouth shut and introducing myself just so I could eventually reveal that I was [...]

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(Will this do for our next album cover? Is there enough rock star ennui?)
I don’t usually go around telling a story over and over again, then tell it on my blog to make matters worse. Mainly, stories for the blog don’t cross over in to my real life, and visa versa. But reading Christine’s Snakes [...]

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(What is the oldest kid chore in the world? Fetching water. So glad they experienced hauling a bucket up a hill for the good of the family.)
(This is a submission for the Homeschool Country Fair, which rumor has it is looking for posts about the typical back-to-school queries homeschoolers receive…thanks to Ron for the heads [...]

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(A microcache we found under a fake pile of poo while geocahing in our neck of the woods)
It has been such a long time since I regaled you with the weird things my kids say. Mainly that is because a fairly honest pal I have (who you will all now mentally boo and she deserves [...]

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(Sometimes Bobo just needs a little nature break.)
I typed a whole scathing post, but then decided the bile in my throat burned too much. You can read the whole unslanted story here. All I can say is “Be careful”?! What kind of sophisticated solution to mass destruction is that? Oh, my head hurts. Bobo take [...]

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This is mystery picture Thursday. Take a second to guess what it might be and where we were. Post your guess before you click on the link and look at the focused photo. Yes, errors can be games!

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(The book table-or what we’ve been tossing around lately)
Shit, I think I’m going to have to unschool. I know, I know, it sounds harsh (if you happen to be my aunt or cousin or mom) or it sounds obvious (if you happen to be one of my unschooling friends or readers). To me it [...]

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(100 degrees? Time for lemonabe!)
Oh crap, it is not even mid-august but it is that special back-to-school time again! Just as we now see Halloween candy offered the day after Independence day, back to school sentiments creep in via advertisements as soon as this “great for corn, lame for holidays” month kicks in. Its as [...]

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