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Miscellany

January Miscellany

January 19, 2012

In case you’re new here, you should know that miscellany posts happen when I have a whole pile of small things to talk about…lots of little bits that aren’t long enough for a whole post. I have had a happy realization of late. Topping pancakes with whipped cream and fruit may actually be a MORE [...]

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January Miscellany

January 4, 2012

This is what my lap usually looks like on the way to a family gathering. Those are Honey-Glazed Pan Rolls, by the way.  That’s simply the best yeast roll recipe I have! The only problem is, the glaze gets sticky overnight, so the rolls have to be made the day of.  Which means they’re usually [...]

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Right now, I am…

November 17, 2011

-looking forward to having a little break from school next week (we’ll probably just do math, our U.S. Presidents study, and plenty of library trips and reading) -surprised Thanksgiving is in just a week.  How did that happen?? -hoping Sonia and Zoe will be more cheerful today.  I’ve experiment with letting them stay up a [...]

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Bits of randomness (jerky, Ready, Set, Simplify, and goals)

November 8, 2011

Before we get to that, I wanted to tell you that last night, I realized that in yesterday’s Q&A post, I should have asked you guys to chime in with your advice about dealing with negative comments. I know a number of you have blogs of your own, and I’m sure you have some good [...]

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Miscellany for a Wednesday!

October 26, 2011

Last night my mom shared this article from The Atlantic about the lack of free, unstructured playtime in children’s lives. I found it fascinating to read about the increase in time that children are spending at school, doing school work, and shopping with parents and even more fascinating to read about all the benefits of [...]

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post-Irene miscellany

August 30, 2011

Irene came through the Mid-Atlantic area on Saturday night with lots of wind and quite a bit of rain.  The worst of it happened during the night, while we were in bed, so we didn’t really get to see much of it. Amazingly enough, our power stayed on all night, and then on Sunday morning [...]

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