I preface this post by saying that, from time to time, my oldest daughter, Emma will visit this blog. She’s eight now, and a pretty good reader (just finishing The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett). So she has no trouble reading this drivel. She even left a comment once chastising me for sharing too …
Category Archive: Parenting
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Mar
22
Couple of Quick Notes
I haven’t found many notes this year for some reason. But when I do, they’re almost always amusing. Found these two today: Fine I will give you your leo bacfk on Monday. But first what did I say if I was talking about you. And someone. . . I’m not saying who but they told …
Mar
11
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking. “Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?” “Hunting,” said Pooh. “Hunting what?” “Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously. “Tracking what?” said Piglet, coming closer. “That’s just what I ask myself. I …
Mar
05
Global Warming: A Free Interdisciplinary Curriculum
The picture above is of my family (minus me, I’m taking the picture . . .duh) and Will Steger. It was taken at this year’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in January. The temperature that day was about 5 degrees and the wind was really kicking out of the north, so the wind chill was actually …
Feb
27
What to do about those pesky boxelder bugs
I’m wondering if anyone else out there has noticed anything suspicious about the bugs around their house lately. The word “bug” is a scientific term biologists use to combine two species: The Family of Animals That You Can Kill With A Rolled Up Magazine, and The Family Of Animals That Are Too Quick For That. …
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