Wow, last night was fun. The kids and I met our friends Jen and Greg at Montrose dog beach to let their dog romp, then we moseyed over to the monthly Full Moon Jam where great amounts of fire spinning happen just after sundown. All of my kids months of spinning poi really paid off [...]

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(The artist Francha knows how it works! This illustration is for an upcoming children’s book, which I hope will give me some ant invasion tips…
I am not here to brag. I am not saying they’re gone for good. That would be too cocky. I have known them to take short breaks before they reconnoiter. I [...]

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(Historic, educational, liberating, familial ties to really good hops.)
Chore Wars has been getting a lot of press lately, but this isn’t just a mention. This is a testimony. Ken found out about it via Boing Boing (which used to be an awesome zine back in the day and is now an awesome blog) or [...]

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So, yesterday was the big Oak Park countdown until midnight event, in which grown folks as well as children all chipped in to make a perfectly dorky wizardlike world. We’ve volunteered for this for years, and frankly, my costumes are a little less inspired every year.
Nevertheless, there were a lot [...]

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Ken just told me last night that any gross photos you post are supposed to be followed by a nice brisk unicorn chaser to wipe away the memory. So, to clear the odd rashes out of your mind, here’s a nice miniature unicorn hanging out with his virgin pal.

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Okay, yeah, so where was I? I just drifted off for a secon-well,two days. But I’m back. Vacation. Yeah, this trip will be forever known as Calf bite trip, because unlike last year’s trip, Ear bite, it was on Mail’s calf. See, because whenever you take a highly allergic city boy in to the wilds, [...]

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(Baby, I was born on a train…)
Pardon the dust. I had three days between family vacation and annual homeschool group camping excursion to turn around the laundry. It wasn’t easy but I did it. Had a great time camping. But first, I promised to tell you about our trip. I have visuals too. Most [...]

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(some of what I was up to when not accessing computer)
It is summer, and every once in awhile, as I’m putting on flip-flops or slicing up a melon, I think about the confusing jumble that is the looming fall season. Will the boy finally take music lessons this year? When will I take that last [...]

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Just got back from our fabulous holiday, in case you were wondering. This is the view of Boston from the USS Constitution. I’ve got loads more to share, but the laundry, the piles of paper, the stinky kids, the  empty cupboard. All these  must get worked on first. Missed everyone! Didn’t even have internet access [...]

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