(For some reason, Ken can take pictures so much better than I do. Maybe it has something to do with patience.)
In the manner of homeschoolers everywhere who just can’t resist a chance to blend fun and learning in to one cavity inducing blast, we have decided to do some candy math with our trick or [...]

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(Tree October 25th and 27th)
I too am a scientist after a fashion. Let’s just say my kids have been a real inspiration to me to get the pencil and notebook out and observe nature at work. Lately, I’ve been paying close attention to the behavior of a particular primate’s struggle to find his place in [...]

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(tree)
It’s not just the trees that are exploding with color around here. The donut-as-self parable has only gotten deeper, rounder and more full of holes. My kids have been manically creative from dawn until dusk. I’ve had to back off the book learning just to let them at life a bit. I mean, from the [...]

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(eeeeek)
I am proud to launch our new concept blog cleverly titled Mother Daughter blog. This is the brainchild of Anoif (aka Fi) my daughter. She thought it would be hilarious for us to do a little project where we post on issues of the day or of interest to either of us. I thought it [...]

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(Pumpkin patch chi being harnessed for jumping jack to come)
Bedtime banter; “Mom, wouldn’t it be great if everything in the world was made out of gummi candy except us? Well, and maybe digital stuff? Or, or, imagine this! If you were made out of all donut. That would be great. When you bit your lip [...]

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I have a lot of friends who can knit. And I mean knit. Like knit Nordic patterns, cableknits, socks, mittens, hats, baby blankets and ornate sweaters. They crank out the doilies and giant blankies with aplomb. I don’t knit because they knit, even though they seem to be always knitting and inspiring me to [...]

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Last night we were playing Catchphrase, a really fun game my aunts got us in to on vacation this summer. It is a bit like charades, but the cd-player shaped thing provides the terms and there is a timer. I can’t say enough about it really, as a source of fun, knowledge transfer and [...]

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(I got friends in low places. Seriously, that’s the mayor. I tossed the kids at him for that moment. Guess I’m running out of artsy pictures to put up.)
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored- Evelyn Waugh
I used to be a punctual person, before kids of course. I guess I was a little bored back [...]

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(Just like life)
Finally, something concrete and laughable to worry about! Hmmm. Let’s see. Do my kids get enough time to “make their own world work the way they want it”, to quote Dr. Brazleton? If by that you mean spending 3 to 10 hours a day doing whatever the heck they want to, I think [...]

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(See the rainbow?)
Holy sqwawkamole. I hate when I catch late breaking news on the internet that then leads to me staying up all night listening to TV news and biting my nails. Tonight, it is a nuclear bomb test that is scorned by all nations and took place anyway. That sort of takes [...]

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