(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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(View from the window this AM. Even though I have called a moratorium on all further snowfall this year, it appears that the memo did not hit the press.)
After reading a bit about homework today, and recalling that the number one question my kids get from friends who go to school is “Do you have [...]

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Lori created a Super Fun Way back Images meme and then proceeded to steal all of my memories of being 9 for her own blogging purposes. Honestly, about the only way my post would differ is that my favorite look might include feathered bangs, how shall I say?…a bit more pronounced than Molly Ringwalds.
So, [...]

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(Gammie’s elves don’t have time for text messaging.)
Happy new year, America. We rang it in screaming in the snow with a bunch of kids having a snowball fight and our bellies full of fondue. Not half bad.
Okay, now I need your help with a problem. This should be easy enough. How can I diplomatically inform [...]

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(The elves I inherited from my grandmother.)
Well, the new Bitch is out, and she’s talking the talk about feminism and homeschooling. Seriously, the totally nice and unbitchy writer Maya Schenwar’s article addressing the topic of a new wave of radical, punk, unschooly feminists is out and yours truly is quoted in it. As is Sarah [...]

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(Alphawolf at the zoo, sleeping secure in the knowledge that although he is also visible on several webcams, no one is going to mess with his territory.)
Perhaps you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been blogging so much, or commenting on your blogs so often? Was it that 2nd cold of October that slowed me [...]

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(I is sleepin’ on yer daughter while she readz me stuff about the enviromint.)
Lori gave me a heads up about BLOG ACTION DAY…I wish I could have provided a bit of dramatic echo there. Anywho, the idea is that on October 15th, which is Blog Action Day, everybody blogs about the environment in a way [...]

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(Looks good,eh? Strawberry muffin. Tasted mweh. Too bready and not quite sweet enough.)
Do you ever get bent on a weird pursuit? Right now I’m on a mission. It is to find the perfect muffin base, then bake many varieties of it. At first blush this probably sounds reasonable. After all, I’m cooped up at home [...]

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(The day the neighborhood sticks had their block party.)
Yesterday’s topic was a bit heavy. So, in the interest of lightening things up, let’s talk sticks. How do you feel about sticks? Chances are, if you are a female and reading this, you haven’t given sticks much more than a second thought. Maybe you have [...]

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Presents to myself. Finally got some frames at 30% off to frame my beloved eraser collection and my roller derby poster.Yes, it took me quite a while to capture the big mistakes eraser with my flimsy little butterfly net. They are very rare though.
While I was at it, I got a poster frame for [...]

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