(Mail spinning the silk with the silk spinning guy who always goes on before the poi fire spinners come out.)
Sometimes I think I’m sick of living in such a big town. The traffic, taxes, stupid parking stickers and street cleaning signs and the potholes and the late buses and the sad park buildings and playgrounds [...]

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15 pool noodles, 4 lengths of 1/2 inch pvc pipe, 200 yards of duct tape plus 7 boys times 10 foam swords, 10 juice boxes, assorted marshmallow sticks, 375 pounds per square inch of energy plus one cake= chaos
That is how the birthday party went down. Quite fun actually. The kids made their own foam [...]

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(One view from the walk)
As some of you know, I lost my stepfather this year to cancer. I also lost my grandmother 8 years ago to cancer on the day my son was born. For that reason, the past 3 years I’ve been doing the Chicago Walk and Roll 5 mile walk in their honor. [...]

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(The mid-day TV-sloucher as frightening blue guy. Well, you can’t really see too well what I mean by blue, so here…)

There was a bit of resistance in the air this morning. Okay, every morning there is a debate about exactly what will get done by whom and how unfair it is largely because one’s sibling [...]

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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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(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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(14 years of wedded bliss as of today. There is a reason it is a thumbnail. That’s because it is the most recent picture taken of us and it was taken at dawn on Easter morning as children heartily sought out eggs and we hadn’t even brewed the caffeine yet.)
Okay, so yesterday my daughter and [...]

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