“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Being Shrek
Fun fact: while wild sheep shed their wool annually, domesticated sheep bred for wool don’t; the wool just keeps growing. Like so: This is Shrek, a sheep who so hated being sheared that he hid for six years. When he was finally sheared, he had produced enough wool for 20 men’s suits. Doesn’t that look […]
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100 Word Challenge: The enemy
“What!” Billy was incredulous. “He takes your nose? And your mom lets him?” “Worse than that,” Joey nodded grimly, “She laughed. Not only that, she introduced us. She made me say ‘Hi’ and take my finger out of my nose” Billy made a peas-for-dinner face. “What did you do?” “I made him give it back. […]
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The Capaciousness of Story
Katie DiCamillo’s 2014 Newbery Medal acceptance speech is a must-watch or read (pdf link). It’s truly lovely. If antibiotics come out the resistance and no longer have to learn to cialis online store live with it. This disease is named after the Scottish anatomist Charles bell, which is sales here buy cheap levitra usually found […]
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100 Word Challenge: Music
The old man readied his instrument, bracing himself for what would come. One day the music had conjured a lion. He had felt wild and the wildness in him roared. And then there was the joyous spring morning he blew a million flowers through the square. When his Nell had passed, he had flooded the […]
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But of course
It has been hideously hot in Texas (and most of the country) the past few weeks. The Facebook page Traces of Texas posted this accurate photo: Well, it’s accurate, except it hasn’t been partly cloudy. Up until today, it’s been blindingly bright. But today, we have lots of cloud cover. Today is also the first […]
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100 word challenge: Traveler
A different sort of inspiration this week: Karen finally felt at home. Sure, life in the American West was hard, but once you were armed — and that was always her first step — the rest worked itself out. The most important lesson she’d learned: Wherever and whenever you are, be prepared to defend […]
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It begins
For the past three weeks, I’ve been inundated with back-to-school ads, social media posts on getting ready for school, and a host of emails on curriculum and classes. My response has been, “LALALALALA, I can’t hear you!” I told myself I was going to enjoy my summer and not think about school until August. Oh, […]
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100 word challenge: Moonman
“Grandpa, mum says it’s all nonsense, that you came from the moon.” “Did she, girlie? Nonsense can be true.” “Is it true? Did you come from the moon? Why did you leave?” The old man was quiet for a moment, thinking of his beautiful home and the silver sands and inky black sky. Then he […]
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Introducing Hermione
This is a slightly delayed introduction, as we got her almost two weeks ago. Ahem. When Keaggy died we knew we wanted another cat, but for heart-healing and scheduling reasons, we wanted to wait until this summer after our summer vacation. Just a few weeks before our vacation, a friend posted on Facebook that she […]
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Fine Arts Friday: A place to know
*Yes, this is technically not Friday. Stuff happened and Friday got away from me, but I have a theme and I’m sticking with it. We have been sorely remiss in our nature studies because A. it’s too dang hot and B. . . . No, actually just A. We did do some nature-y stuff on […]
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